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Link to sitemap. Is it necessary?

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by Personaltrainer, May 25, 2007.

  1. #1
    Hi,
    Is it necessary to put a link to the google site map from any of the pages. Does it makes any difference if I put one in the index page
     
    Personaltrainer, May 25, 2007 IP
  2. p2y

    p2y Peon

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    #2
    if its google site map(.xml format) and if you submitted it from services panel , you don't have to link.
     
    p2y, May 25, 2007 IP
  3. Personaltrainer

    Personaltrainer Peon

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    It is .xml google sitemap and I uploaded it and got submitted to google through the webmasters tool.
     
    Personaltrainer, May 25, 2007 IP
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    #4
    then you don't need to link
     
    p2y, May 25, 2007 IP
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    websitetools Well-Known Member

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    You can however "point" from robots.txt to xml sitemap - this allows other search engines to automatically discover your XML sitemap.
     
    websitetools, May 25, 2007 IP
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    #6
    I got a sitemap.php file processed through some site, it said I should download it, then upload it on my web-hosting.

    I put it in the same folder where index.html is, should I do anything more? Put a link on home-page to sitemap.php or the fact that it is placed in the same folder is fine?
     
    europeunited, Jun 2, 2007 IP
  7. browie

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    I'm going to have to read about this when I get home and see what you're talking about.
     
    browie, Jun 2, 2007 IP
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    semantics Banned

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    #8
    what is the best sitemap making script for wordpress?
     
    semantics, Jun 2, 2007 IP
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    sumit270 Active Member

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    #9
    it is good to add a sitemap of your site
    it improves your search result.
     
    sumit270, Jun 2, 2007 IP
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    semantics Banned

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    #10
    how many links should there be in your sitemap
     
    semantics, Jun 2, 2007 IP
  11. p2y

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    #11
    http://www.arnebrachhold.de/2005/06/05/google-sitemaps-generator-v2-final

    its also helps spiders to crawl sites often.

    I don't think that there is a limit.
     
    p2y, Jun 3, 2007 IP
  12. monosodium

    monosodium Well-Known Member

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    #12
    there is. 10,000 urls / sm
     
    monosodium, Jun 15, 2007 IP
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    trichnosis Prominent Member

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    adding all of your pages is better because you are giving information to google about pages. why dont you want to add some pages to your sitemap?
     
    trichnosis, Jun 15, 2007 IP
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    monosodium Well-Known Member

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    ayshh! it's 50,000 URL's or 10MB per sitemap.
     
    monosodium, Jun 20, 2007 IP
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    Crow Active Member

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    Thanks for this I never knew this.. :)
     
    Crow, Jun 21, 2007 IP
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    TroyM Well-Known Member

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    #16
    I personally think, you do not need to link to your Google sitemap.
    Linking to your regular sitemap should help to get more pages indexed from your site.

    Thanks
    Troy
     
    TroyM, Aug 7, 2007 IP
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    I think u don’t need that
     
    3walim, Aug 9, 2007 IP
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    I'd include the link to your sitemap unless you have a valid reason not to. It certainly can't hurt.
     
    youngpatriot, Aug 20, 2007 IP
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    If you have submitted the sitemap to Google using Webmaster Tools, then it will have no impact.

    I do create and submit a new sitemap weekly. It works for me.
     
    catanich, Aug 27, 2007 IP