How many sitemaps?

[merkel]

How many site maps we can submit to Google..that means for example shall i create site madps using various formats like geo or various software and submit to Google...

[Rankenstein]

Just use the one XML sitemap for Google, and have a standard sitemap on your site that your visitors can use. Use 'geo' links and so on in the sitemap for visitors.

But you only submit the one XML sitemap to Google, it will find the normal one on your site anyway.

To be honest I see no benefit in the XML sitemap.

[pinkfluffybunny]

Build your site so the spiders can get through it and you will never need a sitemap.

[Thomas Schulz]

I would just recommend XML sitemap for search engines and then a HTML sitemap for humans. You can check this article to read about different kinds of sitemap files if want to know when to use what.

[gbh1935]

Absolutely make the sitemap in XML and submit not only to google but also submit a sitemap to yahoo, live, and ask.

[bin]

I would also suggest XML sitemap .... that will work well.... and submit to Google webmaster, Yahoo Site Explorer and Live Webmaster Center....

[Nightfighter]

If you submit a XML site map to Google, Google will index your site faster then no site map at all. And yes, have a HTML site map for visitors and other spiders.
Currently Mrs. Google is indexing sites faster when they are submited with a XML site map.

[andreicnv]

One sitemap, no matter how big, to google.

For visitors you can split it in more pages, if too big.

[shakir]

HTML site map is usefull for thte visiteer. But XML for Google I am doubted bcz without this too google will crawl and analyze. And also i don't feel much benefit for adding it. Now google is very smart crawling regularly and updating BL weekly and