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    Question:

    If your homepage has too many links as internal linking - can we consider it as sitemap as well?
     
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  2. RamCity

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    No. Sitemap is different. Sitemaps are the files containing the list of links.
     
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  3. skyhighlnkr

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    Okay, thanks. I asked this since I came across a website which audits my site and happen to ask about sitemap - it says that homepage has too many links and is this my ...
     
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    #4
    Your sitemap may be a XML, ROR, TXT, HTML file.

    Whatever the file extension is, but your sitemap file consists the list of URLs(as each URL pointed towards a file of your site).

    Hope you are clear now. :)
     
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    XML sitemap in general for searchengines. HTML site map also help your visitors to find some pages
     
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    Hi,

    Sitemaps are useful for large website with dynamic content . A sitemap can help you to index those pages which are not accessible by search engines crawlers bots . For small website if your pages are linked to each other then there is no need to create a sitemap . You can also create a html sitemap for large or small website which is easy for search engines and visitors to find the hidden pages on your website . Google webmaster account is useful for larger website where you can submit your sitemap.xml . For yahoo urllist.txt etc .

    Regards,

    Najmi
     
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    #7
    The topic creator is asking something else and you are answering something else.
     
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    i think i clearly explain to him about sitemaps also have a look on the line

    "For small website if your pages are linked to each other then there is no need to create a sitemap"
     
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    Search on Google for free sitemap generators and you can get a sitemap created for your site in just minutes. You can then submit this sitemap to search engines like Google and Bing and get your links out there.
     
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  10. RamCity

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    Then what about the big websites where pages are linked to each other? :D
     
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    No it will not be considered as sitemap unless if you have 3 - 4 pages on your site and if your home page is linked with those 3 - 4 pages. I mean for 4 - 5 pages site it is okay. Sitemap is to get all pages data and guide Google where to go.
     
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    A site map (or sitemap) is a list of pages of a web site accessible to crawlers or users. It can be either a document in any form used as a planning tool for web design, or a web page that lists the pages on a web site, typically organized in hierarchical fashion. This helps visitors and search engine bots find pages on the site
     
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    So Google crawler doesn't crawl the HTML sitemap?
     
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    Google only crawls sitemap.xml
     
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    No... you should not... and google does not deal with it...
    it is only concerned with sitemap...
     
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    no google dont crawls the html one ...
     
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    You are little wrong here. Try submitting your sitemap.xml.gz (.gz archive) in Google Webmasters Tool. :)
     
    RamCity, May 11, 2011 IP