SEO Quake - Sitemap:No - Using Google XML Sitemap

[limelites]

Looking at a Google serach for our website www.silkblooms.co.uk and analysing the SEO Quake bar that appears below the reults, it says SITEMAP:NO

I'd imagine this is affecting our ranking (even if it's slightly then it's not good). Anyone know why it's not picking up on our sitemap? Does this mean that Google isn't finding it either?

[schoolboy]

If you have a Google account, and you have loaded your sitemap into Webmaster Tools...

... and you stipulate in your robots.txt file>

Sitemap: http://http://www.silkblooms.co.uk/sitemapindex.xml

... then you have nothing to worry about.

XML sitemaps are useful for search engines, but not essential.

What's starting to take prominence is the new SCHEMA.ORG protocol now agreed on by most of the major search engines.

I am currently looking at ways to bring the tags into key parts of our zencart sites.

[limelites]

If you have a Google account, and you have loaded your sitemap into Webmaster Tools...

... and you stipulate in your robots.txt file>

Sitemap: http://http://www.silkblooms.co.uk/sitemapindex.xml

... then you have nothing to worry about.

XML sitemaps are useful for search engines, but not essential.

What's starting to take prominence is the new SCHEMA.ORG protocol now agreed on by most of the major search engines.

I am currently looking at ways to bring the tags into key parts of our zencart sites.

I did have it in the robots.txt but it wasn't submitted on my Google Webmaster account. It is now. Hopefully SEO Quake will recognise this. I'm just trying to give our site that final push to top spot. We've been fighting #1 for a few months. Been stuck at #2 for a few of our main keywords so every little twaek helps at this stage. Thank you :)