Hi, This is just a thread to find information about Sitemaps If you create sitemaps manually, explain how many pages you normally put in. If you don't create sitemaps, explain why. If you use an auto generating software, explain which software you use, and why. I'm not sure what software to use you see, I want to get opinions on what to use. Thanks, Jake.
You should review my Google Sitemap FAQ: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=531765 It will explain what your trying to poll and has many pages of posts regarding this exact same question(s).
I use gsitecrawler, its hands down the best I have used, its a free product, the author asks for an optional donation if you like it. Its blows everything else away. I have used lots of other programs that run from your site, however always came across bugs and problems. This program runs from your desktop.
I used to use sitemaps - autogenerated by my own software. But adding new features to my site also required me to update my autogenerator software, which was starting to be a pain. Later I read a couple of SEO blog mention that sitemaps didn't matter much - especially if you site is visited frequently by the different bots. So I stopped - and I have not noticed any difference since.