Freelance Forum | Freelance Jobs » Freelance & Search Engines » Google Forum

[TonyB]

what's the difference in a google site map and making your own site map?

[sinamin]

If you use the google webmaster tools, they make you add a sitemap in XML which only the spider can read I guess. But if the spider picks up your sitemap from your website to index those pages, it is usually in html or whatever code you use.

I know in my case, I have used both. Many of my sites, I did a manual html sitemap and all the pages where indexed in a short amount of time.

But when I am lazy or in a hurry, I go to one of the free XML sitemap makers and then go submit it through the webmaster tools.

In my case, though, it didn't index any faster. It was just the work involved was faster. Oh and don't forget the XML version does not help your readers. They can't use it as a directory to your site.

[mtajim]

Google Sitemaps are XML base maps and your plaind old sitemaps are HTML pages

[FreelancerStore]

i use the plain old sites maps myself. they seem to do the job very well for myself.

[mtajim]

Google sitemaps are not used in your site , upload it to your server and add the link is google sitemap page , this will ensure that google bot scans each file in your directory

[jimberan]

Lots of webmasters have found that by adding a Google sitemap to your website that you will find your website getting indexed more quickly in the Google results.

[Rohitpatel]

I think Google sitemaps is very useful for us. Our pages Indexed by google fast and also make work easy for seach engiens.

[mtajim]

Google sitemap is actually made to make it easier for google bot to scan your site

[svarog]

I just use my RSS feed as the site map, and Google indexes all the pages good enough, and very quickly.

So I don't think there's a need for any special "Google" site map, unless you don't have a site map of your own.

[SageMother]

Originally Posted by sinamin

If you use the google webmaster tools, they make you add a sitemap in XML which only the spider can read I guess. But if the spider picks up your sitemap from your website to index those pages, it is usually in html or whatever code you use.

I know in my case, I have used both. Many of my sites, I did a manual html sitemap and all the pages where indexed in a short amount of time.

But when I am lazy or in a hurry, I go to one of the free XML sitemap makers and then go submit it through the webmaster tools.

In my case, though, it didn't index any faster. It was just the work involved was faster. Oh and don't forget the XML version does not help your readers. They can't use it as a directory to your site.

How do you create the xml when using the site builder provided by your hosting company, as opposed to using your own code?