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Hi, it's my first post. Be gentle with me.
I understand robts use site maps to navigate around sites and index all their pages. But does a simple site with all the other pages linked on the homepage also need a site map? Wouldn't this just be duplicating the work of the homepage? That's it, simple one to start with. Hope you can help. Thanks. I love this site, by the way. Mark. |
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Web sites don't need site maps if they're designed correctly. When I say "designed correctly" I mean that the navigation of the site is logical; the most important pages on the site have the most links and the rest of the pages are "categorized".
I wouldn't link to all the pages on the site from the home page--unless there's 5 or 10 pages or less on the whole site. As long as the crawlers can find all the pages on the site, there's no need for a sitemap page.
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Question is, will your site remain small long term? If yes there is no need for one. Check out this link for more info: Do I need a site map - Forest Software
Especially the answer to the question: What use is a site map? |
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Thanks for the post Sands.. Its so informative..
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thanks for your replies. Follow up question:
This site belongs to a friend and is quite new: www.welove2ski.com. It's a large site with a couple hundred pages. Some of the pages been indexed by Google but not all of them. Would a site map make this happen or is something else required? |
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I don't use sites maps on any of my sites (except one). I used them on some and it made no difference. the only site I use it on and it does seem to help is a large dynamic one.
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incrediblehelp - the site in question isn't being properly indexed. Google has crawled just 9 pages, and the site contains several hundred pages (all high quality content). Last cached May 10.
forgive my ignorance, but could this be a problem? <meta name="revisit-after" content="28 days"> does this tell the spiders to come back at least every 28 days, or don't come back for anoher 28 days? or could it be a problem with the URLs which look a bit messy, lots of ampersands, etc. thanks for your interest, fellas. |
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Just delete it as no search engine takes any notice of it. it won't be the problem
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