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June 14, 2005

Google Sitemap - Is there a real benefit?

When we-won't-do-SEO's-any-favors Google launched its new Site Map application, it was like dangling a carrot in the air and seeing who would bite. Is it worth going through the hassle of learning this thing just to get more web pages indexed?

Curious Cre8asite members wanna know, in Effect of new Google Site Map on SEO?

Question being:

"If your site is already indexed and ranking well, is there any benefit to submitting the Google Site Map from an SEO viewpoint?"

Not everyone is drinking Google's Koolaid. Michael, (aka "Projectphp") quips:

"For a static site with little changes, SiteMaps is a useful as tits on a Bull"


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posted cre8pc in Google Search Engine at June 14, 2005 11:00 AM Comments (6)

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I have to say that I recently launched a new site where it was sandboxed. One week after adding the sitemap there was a couple thousand percent incerase in the pages indexed.

 

Posted by Ethan at June 14, 2005 16:07

>>"For a static site with little changes, SiteMaps is a useful as tits on a Bull"


LOL!

 

Posted by me at June 15, 2005 12:38

I honestly think the sitemap ( in the case of dealing with Google ) is just another tool that they ( Google ) have put out there to drive people mad... There No1 in the world and it takes months for your site to get Indexed.. Then as said above " They dangle the carrot" with sitemaps..

Im using one with a new site... Interesting to see what happens!

 

Posted by SparksFlying at April 24, 2006 15:52

Would be interesting to know how sparks flying went with that new site.

 

Posted by Andrew at June 2, 2008 08:27

I think it is (sitemap.xml) useful for changed website.

 

Posted by lokesh at July 15, 2008 01:44

By my personal SEO experience sitemap.xml useful for changed wesite.

 

Posted by lokesh at July 15, 2008 01:48

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