In partnering with AutomaticSiteMap, company becomes first major web hosting provider to integrate new direct XML Sitemap submission technology.

Hostway Corporation, a web services provider, today announced that it will begin rolling out to its 1.5 million retail and channel customers new technology that submits each page of their web site directly to major search engines. The company states that the integration with AutomaticSiteMap is part of its strategy to deliver advanced online marketing technology at no cost to its customers. The agreement allows its customers to receive AutomaticSiteMap's basic service level, a $60 annual value, at no cost.

It articulates that AutomaticSiteMap ensures that Google, Yahoo!, Bing and Ask.com have up-to-date, page-by-page information about its customers' site without waiting for the search engines to find the content among millions of sites on the web. It is the first major web hosting provider to integrate this new direct XML Sitemap submission technology, now recommended by all major search engines. The company adds that its customers will be able to manage their AutomaticSiteMap service (including optional expanded service levels) from their web hosting control panel.

"This is the only system we found that can handle Web site submission on a massive scale to boost search engine rankings for all our customers. AutomaticSiteMap is an exact fit with the other technologies and services we provide to help our customers make more money online," said John Lee, Hostway's senior Vice President of small business hosting. "AutomaticSiteMap's turnkey system is directly integrated into our control panel and automatically delivered to our customers so that they can increase search traffic without taking any additional action."

"By making this a standard feature of all Web hosting plans, and automatically deploying it across their entire network, Hostway solves a common problem - getting traffic - for all its customers," added AutomaticSiteMap Vice President of Business Development Troy McCasland. "Since introducing AutomaticSiteMap last year, tens of thousands of sites of all types and sizes have discovered a new and innovative way to get traffic and be more successful. "Signup was simple, and within just hours my site started appearing in organic search results on Google and Yahoo!," he said. Lee added, "this is something all our customers need. It's a great addition to our hosting plans and services."