: Is there a way to add embedded youtube videos to my website sitemap? The goal is to make embedded youtube videos appear in video search results as part of my website. I searched very extensively

@Megan663

According to Google Creating a Video Sitemap, you can can also create an Media RSS (MRSS) feed and the cross-domain restriction won't apply. You can submit this MRSS feed to Webmaster Tools, etc.

And I don't think you'll need to grab the FLV of the Youtube video either.

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@Dunderdale272

According to the Protocol site: Sitemap file location:


Note that this means that all URLs
listed in the Sitemap must use the
same protocol (http, in this example)
and reside on the same host as the
Sitemap. For instance, if the Sitemap
is located at
www.example.com/sitemap.xml, it can't include URLs from
subdomain.example.com.
URLs that are not considered valid are
dropped from further consideration. It
is strongly recommended that you place
your Sitemap at the root directory of
your web server. For example, if your
web server is at example.com, then
your Sitemap index file would be at
example.com/sitemap.xml. In
certain cases, you may need to produce
different Sitemaps for different paths
(e.g., if security permissions in your
organization compartmentalize write
access to different directories).


Also: Sitemaps & Cross Submits


To submit Sitemaps for multiple hosts
from a single host, you need to
"prove" ownership of the host(s) for
which URLs are being submitted in a
Sitemap.


Any YouTube urls you add to your sitemap will be considered invalid.

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