Link to sitemap. Is it necessary?

Hi,
Is it necessary to put a link to the google site map from any of the pages. Does it makes any difference if I put one in the index page

 

if its google site map(.xml format) and if you submitted it from services panel , you don't have to link.

 

It is .xml google sitemap and I uploaded it and got submitted to google through the webmasters tool.

 

then you don't need to link

 

You can however "point" from robots.txt to xml sitemap - this allows other search engines to automatically discover your XML sitemap.

 

I got a sitemap.php file processed through some site, it said I should download it, then upload it on my web-hosting.

I put it in the same folder where index.html is, should I do anything more? Put a link on home-page to sitemap.php or the fact that it is placed in the same folder is fine?

 

I'm going to have to read about this when I get home and see what you're talking about.

 

what is the best sitemap making script for wordpress?

 

it is good to add a sitemap of your site
it improves your search result.

 

how many links should there be in your sitemap

 

http://www.arnebrachhold.de/2005/06/05/google-sitemaps-generator-v2-final

its also helps spiders to crawl sites often.

I don't think that there is a limit.

 

there is. 10,000 urls / sm

 

adding all of your pages is better because you are giving information to google about pages. why dont you want to add some pages to your sitemap?

 

ayshh! it's 50,000 URL's or 10MB per sitemap.

 

Thanks for this I never knew this..

 

I personally think, you do not need to link to your Google sitemap.
Linking to your regular sitemap should help to get more pages indexed from your site.

Thanks
Troy

 

I think u don’t need that

 

I'd include the link to your sitemap unless you have a valid reason not to. It certainly can't hurt.

 

If you have submitted the sitemap to Google using Webmaster Tools, then it will have no impact.

I do create and submit a new sitemap weekly. It works for me.