sitemap.html or sitemap.xml?

[fallen1]

need help im about to make a sitemap and pass it to google...


what is best and why?...



best for google and my site?...

[QuEST]

check sitemaps.org also try Gsitecrawler

[login]

Give Google what they ask for. In google sitemaps ypu can submit .xml. Do that.

[fallen1]

ok ok...thanks


i mean i already have a tool and about to save...


what file type(.xml or .html or ect.) is the best for google to pass and for my site?...


thanks

[safatweb]

I noticed, xml goes fine

[o3e]

.xml for Google
.html for visitors

[eniva]

Whats the difference .. is there a creator to do this or what is the best way to create one for google alone? I already have sitemap.html for my visitors but need to know the best and easiest way to setup .xml

[fallen1]

search for "audit my pc sitemap generator" in google...cant post live links,:D ...

very helpful tool, just what you need...

[dougadam]

I do both.

[ThomasSchulz]

you might even consider a rss one as well :)

[chris20492002]

I use to use this site when creating a sitemap.

www.xml-sitemaps.com

google doesnt have a problem with it and its free

just noticed they changed the layout and have a 500page max limit now.

[oseymour]

If you have the time and resources its best to do both.

I usually make the sitemap.html my 404 error page so users can find information on my site that they are looking for. the xml sitemap is for the search engines

[brokensoft]

.html is good for visitors and google and help your site to be indexd faster.

[fallen1]

can site map generators crawl into subdomains?...


audit my pc sitemap generator cant crawl my subdomains...:confused:

[rspenc29]

can site map generators crawl into subdomains?...


audit my pc sitemap generator cant crawl my subdomains...:confused:

If you have links to your subdomains from your main page and your .htaccess is configured properly then you shouldnt have a problem. You could also create a separate sitemap file for your subdomains.

My favorite sitemap creator is PHPSitemapNG found at http://enarion.net/google/

It's free software that runs on your own server. It will create sitemaps in rss, xml, html, and txt and then ping the big 3 search engines.

What I do is create all four sitemaps and leave them in the root directory of my website. Then for a sitemap for my visitors (i dont use the html) I create a user friendly sitemap from the rss feed.

[fallen1]

thanks a lot man...


unfortunately i dont know how to configure my .htaccess file...


do you any resource page that can help?...


thanks so much again...

[rspenc29]

When a sitemap creator crawls your website to get the urls then sometimes they will have trouble if your linking to folders such as example.com/folder1/ rather than example.com/folder1/index.html In this situation you would either want to change all your links to point to the index file (which I dont like to do) or you can create rewrite rules in your htaccess file that will redirect index.html to / (thats what I use)

Another thing that can cause duplicate content issues with search engines is they will see http://example.com and http://www.example.com as different pages. You can also fix this in the .htaccess file to redirect your entire website to either www or non www I prefer non www but it doesnt make a difference which one you choose.

Do a google search for htaccess mod rewrite to learn about configuring your htaccess file

[fallen1]

wow...ok ok i think i get it...need to research more...thanks for the info...:D

[iatbm]

Simple html sitemap works great for me ...

[fallen1]

the xml i think works great for google of you update your site frequenlty...


what are your experiences tell us that html works fine for you...:D

[iatbm]

Like I said a simple html page with links to your pages and descriptions of every page works great. I link to that page sitewide ....

All pages are indexed without any problem...

[fallen1]

ok thanks man...:)

[sgsmorgan]

Useful link for a Sitemap generator

http://sitemap.contentdesk.net/sitemap.htm

[itrana123]

.xml for Google
.html for visitors

Thanx Dear for telling ..:)

[fallen1]

i am using .html for my site now and .xml for google...

but when i added my site in google submitting the my sitemap.xml it had no confirmation and still right now my subpages are not indexed by google...:confused:

is it normal to have no confirmation after you submit?...

how long does it take for google to index your whole site?...