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Multiple Sitemaps - what to do with google?

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by Lonny.P, Aug 25, 2006.

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  1. #1
    Hello there

    Let's assume I have the following:

    Site.com
    |- /Directory/
    |-/Articles/
    |-/Forums/

    and each and every one of these directories is quite heavy, what do I do - place everything in one sitemap which should be availeble from the index or place a sitemap in each directory and place the following code in the sitemap on site.com/sitemap.com


    
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84">
<sitemap><loc>http://www.site.com/articles/sitemap.xml</loc></sitemap>
<sitemap><loc>http://www.site.com/forums/sitemap.xml</loc></sitemap>
<sitemap><loc>http://www.site.com/Directory/sitemap.xml</loc></sitemap>

</sitemapindex>
    Code (markup):

    What is considered to be the best option in this case?

    (Around 20,000 pages on the entire site)
     
    Lonny.P, Aug 25, 2006 IP
  2. Vanessa Fox

    Vanessa Fox Peon

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    #2
    You should do whatever makes it easiest for you to maintain your Sitemaps. Each Sitemap can have up to 50,000 URLs, so technically, you could include everything in one Sitemap.

    However, if that's more difficult to manage, you could create Sitemaps for each directory and submit them via a Sitemap index file.

    We treat the submitted URLs the same way in both cases, and we provide the same level of reporting (Sitemap parsing errors, etc.) in either case.
     
    Vanessa Fox, Aug 25, 2006 IP
  3. Lonny.P

    Lonny.P Peon

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    Thanks for the response. Is the code for the index file correct?
     
    Lonny.P, Aug 25, 2006 IP
  4. Vanessa Fox

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    Yep. It looks good.
     
    Vanessa Fox, Aug 25, 2006 IP
  5. tedeu

    tedeu Peon

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    i my opinion will be easy for you and fo google if you had different sitempas for each folder
     
    tedeu, Dec 14, 2010 IP
  6. gocondo

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    I would go with a signle sitemap because we don't know if Google index all xml(s) of your sitemap at the same time, or they might do one, stop and return after few hours to continue with the next one.
     
    gocondo, Dec 15, 2010 IP
  7. sherone

    sherone Well-Known Member

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    I'll suggest use multiple sitemap for your site. Create multiple sitemap and link it to sitemap index.
     
    sherone, Dec 16, 2010 IP
  8. Atco-maart

    Atco-maart Peon

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    Also if you want to create multiple site map so you can create sitemap1.xml , sitemap2.xml etc .....
     
    Atco-maart, Dec 16, 2010 IP
  9. pavanseo

    pavanseo Active Member

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    Look google can trace you website in both situation so it up to you what type of site map you are using. Use that format which you can maintain
     
    pavanseo, Dec 17, 2010 IP
  10. AyersDebbie

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    use one site map or not submit your all site map on your Google account.because as i know google support multiply site maps
     
    AyersDebbie, Dec 22, 2010 IP
  11. GrowBank

    GrowBank Peon

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    use a primary sitemap, and submit it urself to webmaster tools. this will be the one G looks at first, and easier for you to control any duplicate content/pages
     
    GrowBank, Dec 23, 2010 IP
  12. animebuzz.tv

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    make a sitemaps like these and upload to google webmaster
    /Directory.xml
    /Articles.xml
    /Forums.xml
     
    animebuzz.tv, Dec 28, 2010 IP