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Marc Buyens Premium Member
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Google sitemaps
Hello,

Some years ago, Google introduced Google sitemaps as a way to improve the indexing of web sites. I have been using such sitemaps since, although it is unclear to me whether this has had any impact on my “visibility” on the web.

Anyway, until now, I have been updating these sitemap files with a simple editor, which wasn’t a big deal given the fact that the content of the site was rather static.

However, I am now looking for a tool that allows me to generate/maintain these files in an easier way. I have already tested some tools that I found on the net, but most of them are rather garbage and often outdated as if this is no longer used or promoted.

So, two questions. Is this still a “living” thing and is there still any value in maintaining these sitemap files? If so, any suggestions for a good tool to do so? I run a (very) small business, so no need for an SAP-solution.

Regards,
MarcB
- 24 Feb 2008, 12:00 pm
Marc Buyens wrote: > Hello, > > Some years ago, Google introduced Google sitemaps as a way to improve > the indexing of web sites. I have been using such sitemaps since, > although it is unclear to me whether this has had any impact on my > “visibility” on the web. > > Anyway, until now, I have been updating these sitemap files with a > simple editor, which wasn’t a big deal given the fact that the > content of the site was rather static. > > However, I am now looking for a tool that allows me to > generate/maintain these files in an easier way. I have already tested > some tools that I found on the net, but most of them are rather > garbage and often outdated as if this is no longer used or promoted. > > So, two questions. Is this still a “living” thing and is there still > any value in maintaining these sitemap files? If so, any suggestions > for a good tool to do so? I run a (very) small business, so no need > for an SAP-solution. > > Regards, > MarcB
Dr. Nandakishore Banerjee Group moderator
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Re: Google sitemaps
Google sitemaps are definitely 'living things'. A google sitemap is for SEO very useful because it registers all the external and internal links your site has. Besides, it shows the most frequent search arguments through which a website was accessed.

As far as I know, you don't have to do much to maintain the sitemap. The initial work is to create the sitemap using https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/. You will get a html code to be included in your site. Once it has been verified by google, you can sit back, use the Google Webmaster Tools Dashboard to follow the results.
- 25 Feb 2008, 9:50 pm
Dr. Nandakishore Banerjee wrote: > Google sitemaps are definitely 'living things'. A google sitemap is > for SEO very useful because it registers all the external and > internal links your site has. Besides, it shows the most frequent > search arguments through which a website was accessed. > > As far as I know, you don't have to do much to maintain the sitemap. > The initial work is to create the sitemap using > https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/. You will get a html code to > be included in your site. Once it has been verified by google, you > can sit back, use the Google Webmaster Tools Dashboard to follow the > results.
Marc Buyens Premium Member
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Re^2: Google sitemaps
Hello,

Thanks for the reply.

However, you are only partly correct, since you are essentially referring to the sitemap information that resides in your Google account.

As you described, there is an initial procedure (which also can be done via Google) which creates also a sitemap file that resides on your own website.

This sitemap file is an XML-formatted file with the references to all the webpages of your site that you would like Google to know about. So, whenever you add pages to your site, you better update this XML-file. So I am essentially looking for a tool that allows for the ongoing update/maintenance of that XML-file.

MarcB
- 26 Feb 2008, 6:10 pm
Marc Buyens wrote: > Hello, > > Thanks for the reply. > > However, you are only partly correct, since you are essentially > referring to the sitemap information that resides in your Google > account. > > As you described, there is an initial procedure (which also can be > done via Google) which creates also a sitemap file that resides on > your own website. > > This sitemap file is an XML-formatted file with the references to all > the webpages of your site that you would like Google to know about. > So, whenever you add pages to your site, you better update this > XML-file. So I am essentially looking for a tool that allows for the > ongoing update/maintenance of that XML-file. > > MarcB
Dr. Nandakishore Banerjee Group moderator
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Re^3: Google sitemaps
Hello Marc,

I use the typo3 CMS as backend of the site http:http://www.online-casino-newsroom.com. It has the Google XML code and I know that any updation of this site including creation of new pages, which happens daily, is registered by google without updation of the Google Sitemap page. I am not an expert in this matter. I will ask my technician whether there is any built-in feature in typo3 which performs this task.

Regards
Nandakishore
- 27 Feb 2008, 3:36 pm
Dr. Nandakishore Banerjee wrote: > Hello Marc, > > I use the typo3 CMS as backend of the site > http:www.online-casino-newsroom.com. It has the Google XML code and > I know that any updation of this site including creation of new > pages, which happens daily, is registered by google without updation > of the Google Sitemap page. I am not an expert in this matter. I will > ask my technician whether there is any built-in feature in typo3 > which performs this task. > > Regards > Nandakishore
Leonid Bart
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Re^4: Google sitemaps
Also do not forget to include sitemap.xml address to robots.txt file.
Regards, L.Bart
- 29 Feb 2008, 11:51 am
Leonid Bart wrote: > Also do not forget to include sitemap.xml address to robots.txt file. > Regards, L.Bart
Adrien Günther Premium Member Group moderator
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Re^5: Google sitemaps
Hello Marc,

I use the GSITE Crawler (http://gsitecrawler.com/) to crawl my sites. This tool generates sitemap.xml and sitemap-index.xml too.

You'll find below http://www.validome.org/google/lang/en a good sitemap validation tool.

Good luck!

Adrien
- 01 Apr 2008, 12:05 pm
Adrien Günther wrote: > Hello Marc, > > I use the GSITE Crawler (http://gsitecrawler.com/) to crawl my sites. > This tool generates sitemap.xml and sitemap-index.xml too. > > You'll find below http://www.validome.org/google/lang/en a good > sitemap validation tool. > > Good luck! > > Adrien
Axel Jack Metayer Premium Member Group moderator
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Re^6: Google sitemaps
The best is to use the officel Google Sitemap tool writen in python. Put a Cron job on the head and you have a new sitemap every night. Works fine for me
- 19 May 2009, 10:23 am
Axel Jack Metayer wrote: > The best is to use the officel Google Sitemap tool writen in python. > Put a Cron job on the head and you have a new sitemap every night. > Works fine for me

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