Google has made the sitemap submission easier!!

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Now, you don't need to specify the Sitemap file type—Google will determine the type of data you're submitting automatically.

Find more info here: http://googlewebmastercentral.blogsp...de-simple.html

[CharlieEssmeier]

I'm just glad I'm no longer having to reverify my sites once a week. I'm not sure what that glitch was about, but I'm glad they fixed it.

Charlie

[Larke]

Not sure what you use for cms or blog.. but wordpress has a very nice plugin that generates the sitemap for you. Right after install, just click and it's done. It will update when you do.

I ALWAYS go to the google sitemap submission URL to submit the new urls - it's in Google webmaster tools. Get your new blog indexed very, very quickly this way. Try it!

[pau2x]

I'll try to check that now.

[shakir]

this site map gives any benefit for any indexed site?. Me is did not submit any site map for my site, but within a week my site and its all pages are indexed

[Larke]

sitemaps make your site more Google friendly. I believe that a sitemap would benifit any site, blog etc. Wordpress already pings update sites for you, but a sitemap seems to bring the bots sooner to index new pages, posts etc. Try it out yourself.

I do find sitemaps especially helpful for new sites.

[busweb]

I do find sitemap useful too. But I think more than submitting, adding a reference at sitemap file in robots.txt is more useful. Because robots will autodiscover it.