Can I submit a sitemap.php to google webmasters tool?

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    As mentioned in the thread titile. I have a sitemap.php file can I use this as a sitemap on the google webmasters tool?

    If not how do I change it to .xml?

    Thanks
     
    Zwitterion, Sep 11, 2008 IP
  2. redtubeeu

    redtubeeu Peon

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    you should generate .xml sitemap to submit it to google.

    go to google.com and search for "sitemap generate" this should help you...
     
    redtubeeu, Sep 12, 2008 IP
  3. responsivewebsolutions

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    I use this cool tool, freesitemapgenerator.com . It automatically pings google for you too.
     
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    A PHP file will not be accepted by G. What you need is the XML version.

    I use gSiteCrawler for all of ours. Most are in the 38 to 51K page range.
     
    catanich, Sep 13, 2008 IP
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    Google uses XML site maps only but if your php sitemap is a viewable page that has links to all your pages, you should add a link to your php sitemap and google will find that page and crawl all the other pages from that page. Also good to keep in mind that yahoo seems to like html formatted sitemaps.
     
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    You can submit XML via php. the extension on the file makes not difference, it is the meta data inside that matters.
     
    gbh1935, Sep 16, 2008 IP