Google Webmaster Tools and Sitemaps

secretagentwilly · 2008-08-03, 08:08 PM

I'm just starting to take the google webmaster tools serious...so I've been verifying my sites with the meta tag and now I'm building sitemaps and uploading them. I have some questions about the sitemaps. What is the deal with those? Has anyone seen any real value from uploading them yet? My biggest question is how the hell is the best way to create them? I have two programs and used one webbased one, all for the same site. One program got 3000 urls another got 540 another got 132. Why the disparity? I've uploaded 2 of them and threw out the other. Is there any issues having two sitemaps? Some of the directories I wanted didn't even get picked up so that was weird. I'm kind of all over the place with this one...any thoughts?

justbondage · 2008-08-03, 08:25 PM

There is no issue with having multiple sitemaps.

Basically it makes indexing your site faster because google can zoom through all the pages listed on the sitemap with ease, as opposed to following links on your pages.

It is especially useful if you have dynamic content like index.php?page=wibble (assuming the value of page changes each time) without a sitemap, there is a chance not each page will get indexed, which is obviously a bad thing!

The reason you have such a range is some programs are very simplistic, and list the files in directories, which is great if all your content is .html and .jpg etc etc - others will go into more detail and list dynamic stuffs - you want these listed (for that reason above).

Google Webmaster Tools is an excellent resource. Really top notch.

raven1083 · 2008-08-07, 03:53 PM

site map is use so that search engine spider could crawl your internal page easily it act as a map to all search engine spider that is why it is called site map.

horndog · 2008-08-07, 06:53 PM

I've built a few site maps by hand before (wouldn't recommend that by the way if you have a lot of pages), but my hosting comes with a sitemap builder that can scan directories then you just fill in the info and you can submit multiple sitemaps to google.
Sitemaps just make sure SE's find all of your pages.

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2008-08-03, 08:08 PM	#1
secretagentwilly You can now put whatever you want in this space :) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 637	Google Webmaster Tools and Sitemaps I'm just starting to take the google webmaster tools serious...so I've been verifying my sites with the meta tag and now I'm building sitemaps and uploading them. I have some questions about the sitemaps. What is the deal with those? Has anyone seen any real value from uploading them yet? My biggest question is how the hell is the best way to create them? I have two programs and used one webbased one, all for the same site. One program got 3000 urls another got 540 another got 132. Why the disparity? I've uploaded 2 of them and threw out the other. Is there any issues having two sitemaps? Some of the directories I wanted didn't even get picked up so that was weird. I'm kind of all over the place with this one...any thoughts? __________________ HandRodeo.com - The Best Adult Sex Cam Reviews - JoyToy.us

2008-08-03, 08:25 PM	#2
justbondage I want to set the record straight - I thought the cop was a prostitute Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 293	There is no issue with having multiple sitemaps. Basically it makes indexing your site faster because google can zoom through all the pages listed on the sitemap with ease, as opposed to following links on your pages. It is especially useful if you have dynamic content like index.php?page=wibble (assuming the value of page changes each time) without a sitemap, there is a chance not each page will get indexed, which is obviously a bad thing! The reason you have such a range is some programs are very simplistic, and list the files in directories, which is great if all your content is .html and .jpg etc etc - others will go into more detail and list dynamic stuffs - you want these listed (for that reason above). Google Webmaster Tools is an excellent resource. Really top notch. __________________ TOF - Post your galleries JB - Post bondage stuff ICQ - 424617189

2008-08-07, 03:53 PM	#3
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2008-08-07, 06:53 PM	#4
horndog Well you know boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like women. You just have to read the manual and press the right button Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 154	I've built a few site maps by hand before (wouldn't recommend that by the way if you have a lot of pages), but my hosting comes with a sitemap builder that can scan directories then you just fill in the info and you can submit multiple sitemaps to google. Sitemaps just make sure SE's find all of your pages. ________________ Clean Sites Movie Room