Links to Sitemaps

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by lostdog, Sep 5, 2007.

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    I am using XML Sitmap Generator. It creates three different types of sitemaps:

    1. XML Sitemap
    2. ROR Sitemap
    3. HTML Sitemap

    I of course only list the xml sitemap to Google, but should I place any links to the other sitemaps in my webpages? If so how many, or which sitemap should I link to?

    Thank you to all who help:)
     
    lostdog, Sep 5, 2007 IP
  2. Dylan Tovey

    Dylan Tovey Peon

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    Having a html sitemap is generally very useful. However, for maximum value it should be formatted for human visitors - this means that you may need to build it manually.

    For instance - I tend to add descriptive text next to each link in the html sitemap as well as categorising it into various categories.

    Dylan
     
    Dylan Tovey, Sep 5, 2007 IP
  3. websitetools

    websitetools Well-Known Member

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    Depends on the website structure. E.g. A1 Sitemap Generator can use either page title or path "beautified" for each link in generated HTML sitemap page(s).

    Concerning ROR (AFAIK: No search engines claim support for ROR extensions to RSS, you can just as well create a pure RSS file) etc, check my article about differences between sitemaps.
     
    websitetools, Sep 6, 2007 IP