Sitemaps and Google Serp

Hi All,

I just submitted a new site map to Google and I fell back a few pages in the Google search results. I wasn't too high to begin with for my most competitive keywords but I did notice a change.

So do you think the drop is a short term effect of submitting a new sitemap or something else?

Let me know what you think.

Thanks,

Matt

 

Submitting a sitemap would not have a negative effect on your SERPs, I'm assuming your website is new, new sites seem to rank well in the very begining but drop off to their actually rank within a few days.

 

Hi ssandecki,

My site is about 4-5 months old, it's rank in the beginning wasn't to good for the keyword that I'm after (futon/futons). I was on page 7-8 and when I submitted my new sitemap I fell back to page 12-13.

My site map gave a big jump in the pages on the site, so I'm not sure if that has something to do with the change in rankings.

Thanks again for any info,

Matt

 

I can't imagine how the sitemap would effect your SERPs unless it was an incorrect XML sitemap. You can review my Google Sitemap FAQ I made for DP at the below link....

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=531765

 

I think it could help you to improved SERP if you would use your keywords as anchor text on your sig.

 

Yup I have the samething, I just submitted sitemap last two weeks, seen alot of change, but it drop from page index 2,220 to 1,990, and now it's coming back....

 

Thanks for the info everyone, it was much appreciated.

Matt