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Xml Site Map Vs Web Site Map

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by pharmacy, Jan 9, 2009.

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  1. #1
    Hi guys

    I am new in SEO world :rolleyes: hope you help me out :). In the google tool there is a provision for uploading the XML site map and the Web Site Map . Which would be the best option for the site's traffic improvement .

    please check i have created one for www.fmgbotswana.com site . I have created both . But really dont know the differance .
     
    pharmacy, Jan 9, 2009 IP
  2. dominic@riksnett.no

    dominic@riksnett.no Peon

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    Hi,

    I would suggest XML sitemap as this is the standard one and will get crawled much much faster than web sitemap.

    Thanks,

    Dominic
     
    dominic@riksnett.no, Apr 27, 2009 IP
  3. akashga

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    Hi, Submit the XML sitemap of the website to Google Webmaster Tool and ur site will be crawled very fast.

    All the best!
     
    akashga, Apr 27, 2009 IP
  4. newlogo

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    xml sitemap is useful in seo compare to web site map
     
    newlogo, Apr 27, 2009 IP
  5. Grobbulus

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    Use the xml sitemap and include a link on it to the html sitemap :)
     
    Grobbulus, Apr 27, 2009 IP
  6. tailender1

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    xml sitemap is for spiders and html sitemap is for humans :)
     
    tailender1, Apr 28, 2009 IP
  7. elink

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    submit xml sitemap to google and put web sitemap on your site to help users navigate through your site in case the site is big. :)
     
    elink, Apr 28, 2009 IP
  8. william.d.smith

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    I think the Google spider like XML sitemap.:)
     
    william.d.smith, Apr 29, 2009 IP
  9. jamesmeijer1234

    jamesmeijer1234 Banned

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    yes, and moreover, xml gets update automatically, so even if you have just made a post, google will know it instantly ( that is why sometimes you see , 20hours ago in search results)
     
    jamesmeijer1234, Apr 30, 2009 IP
  10. Grobbulus

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    Yep. It's easy for them to read it. Try to submit your html sitemap together with your xml sitemap on the Webmasters tool and you will see most of the times that your HTML sitemap returns errors as the spider has problems crawling it.
     
    Grobbulus, Apr 30, 2009 IP
  11. pharmacy

    pharmacy Peon

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    thanks for the idea :)i did the same now i hope it will work for me now :)
     
    pharmacy, Apr 30, 2009 IP
  12. chandi786

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    well, you can even given the link of a sitemap inside the sitemap. Google has mentioned proper guidelines for creating a sitemap and they prefer XML sitemaps and moreover in XML sitemap you can mention the priority etc for the pages which helps the google and other search engines while navigating your site.
     
    chandi786, Apr 30, 2009 IP
  13. SearchMarketing

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    I use both html is purposely for users and xml for spiders. Yet they crawl both very thoroughly. Why not use both then?
     
    SearchMarketing, May 1, 2009 IP
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    so.. which we had to use ?? xml or web sitemap?
     
    phonenotebooks, May 2, 2009 IP
  15. pharmacy

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    #15

    all the people saying it's better to have both site maps one for spiders (xml) and one for humans

    Ranjan
     
    pharmacy, May 5, 2009 IP