XML Sitemap

Started by simonr, 06-08-2011, 08:15:07

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Megan Brown

Yes, creating and submitting a Sitemap helps make sure that Google knows about all the pages on your site, including URLs that may not be discoverable by Google's normal crawling process. Though XML Sitemaps do not necessarily bring high ranking on search engines but they do help to search engines such as Google, Bing, Yahoo! to make your website SEO friendly
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elizaanderson

No, XML sitemap don't help in increasing the rank of website in web. These sitemap are used for the crawler and not for the visitors.
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stonewood

XML sitemap are only for search engine webmaster purpose. It Gives guidelines web crawler that which of your Urls are available for crawling & which are not. It never improves ranking, But it helps to improve number of indexed pages. You can implement HTML sitemap in your website to improve user experience.

alexfernandes

XML sitemaps acts as a blue print for your website. In simple terms, sitemap aids Google to find your web pages especially if your site is dynamically created. Once you have uploaded the sitemap on your server, you need to verify it via Google webmaster tools.
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kradha707

It is very important to have the sitemap files uploaded in your website.All the pages will be indexed from here and It allows us to include additional information about each URL or page on your website, such as when the page was last updated, how often the page changes, and how important the page is in relation to other pages on your website.


comturkey

First of all you need to know, xml sitemaps are (if prepared clearly) very readable by search engines, search engines can read them very easy. Example if you have a website, you use too much jquery, java etc, most of bots can not read (sometimes) all the website or sometime there are become some reading problems by bots or if you have too many pages, bots will not read all in one time, so if you prepare a xml sitemap and upload it to webmaster tools to google, bing etc it will help search engines to read your website easier.

You should be very carefull!
do not upload the same xml sitemap often!
do not ping website very often!
give right value for links!
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jaysh4922

After submitting sitemap through Google Webmaster can easily look from where traffic is coming, check about information crawling and indexing.its an easy way for webmasters to inform search engines about pages on their sites that are available for crawling.

a3web

Yes XML sitemap always help to fast index of your website pages.


dani

Definitely yes.

my noob website was getting WEIRD results on google typing my site name on google would show the Contact page or random articles above the main site, kind of absurd. A friend suggested that I should create a XML sitemap and within 24h the problem is fixed.
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Hemanth malli

Quote from: simonr on 06-08-2011, 08:15:07
Do I need an XML sitemap to rank highly in search results?

Hi simonr,

Yes, Using sitemaps has many benefits, not only easier navigation and better visibility by search engines. Sitemaps offer the opportunity to inform search engines immediately about any changes on your site. Of course, you cannot expect that search engines will rush right away to index your changed pages but certainly the changes will be indexed faster, compared to when you don't have a sitemap. :) :) :)
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