{"id":45989,"date":"2022-06-24T14:10:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T06:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crazydomains.com\/learn\/?p=45989"},"modified":"2022-06-24T14:11:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T06:11:19","slug":"remove-image-video-sitemaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crazydomains.com\/learn\/remove-image-video-sitemaps\/","title":{"rendered":"How Will Google\u2019s Removal of Some Image and Video Sitemaps Affect Your Website?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 6, 2022, Google will withdraw support from some image and video sitemap extensions. The decision was made after assessing the value of the sitemap extension tags. As you may know, sitemap extensions are crucial in helping search engines identify and understand the content of your website images and videos.<\/p>\n

While Google offered no specific explanation why some tags were removed, they hope to \u201creduce the complexity of our codebases, and sitemaps will be less cluttered in general.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re actively indexing your website via sitemaps, this is for you. The reason seems to be noble, but how will this affect your site performance?<\/p>\n

Deprecated Sitemap Image and Video Tags and Attributes<\/h3>\n

Here are the different image and video sitemaps to be removed:<\/p>\n

\"Deprecated<\/p>\n

Will This Affect Your Site Performance?<\/h3>\n

The specified tags will be discontinued on August 6, 2022. It will give plugin developers and theme makers enough time to remove them.<\/p>\n

Good news: you don\u2019t need to worry about keeping them on. Google assures publishers that there are no drawbacks if you choose to leave these on your sitemaps. The deprecated tags and attributes will only lose their function and will essentially be useless on indexing and search features.<\/p>\n

As stated in Google\u2019s announcement<\/a>, you may receive notifications through Google Search Console if these updates are included in the next schema versions of the image and video extensions.<\/p>\n

FREE ONLINE COURSE: Creating a Branded Website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

What Should You Do?<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019re submitting sitemaps as part of your SEO, this doesn\u2019t have to bother you. The update won\u2019t affect your site\u2019s performance on Google Search. You don\u2019t need to painstakingly remove the deprecated tags from your webpage and content sitemaps. Instead, you might want to skip using them from now on as they\u2019ll be obsolete soon.<\/p>\n

While you\u2019re at it, explore simpler ways that are equally efficient in ranking you high on search engines. There are SEO tools<\/a> and managed solutions that can help you perform SEO actions that best suit your business and aid your growth online.<\/p>\n

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