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The latest version of Google Sitemaps provides more information for users of the service, as Google looks to drive more usage of the utility among site publishers.

Google's eminently useful Sitemaps service has been given another upgrade. A post to Google's Inside AdWords blog described how site owners can learn more about the traffic that comes to their virtual doorstep.

Since the Sitemaps launch over the summer, Google has provided an update for it to account for mobile web sites. That may not be of tremendous benefit to many publishers today, but the most recent Sitemaps tweak definitely will be:

Google Sitemaps now offers detailed statistics on your top Google search queries, crawl status, and more. These reports show you how Google search is driving free traffic to your site and can help you make your pages more crawler-friendly.

The best part: you can start getting these new stats today. Just create a Sitemaps account and add your site to it. Once you verify site ownership we'll start showing you these detailed reports.

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David Utter is a staff writer for WebProNews covering technology and business.