Is a site map really needed! - Page 2

skyBlue · 09-25-2007, 04:02 PM

But, if your pages are not indexed they can't be ranked...so it affects page rank.

Just kidding

For page rank or for indexing, site map can do good and only good. Especially with huge deep sites with bad navigation.

Johan007 · 09-26-2007, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by skyBlue

Especially with huge deep sites with bad navigation.

...Then fix the navigation. A Sitemap is not a suitable fix becuase it does not parse enough PR.

Mark07 · 09-26-2007, 03:09 AM

You really don't need a sitemap if all the pages of your site are indexed in the search engines. The main use of sitemaps is to show the SE's all the pages of the site and if they are already there then its not necessary.

saytom · 09-26-2007, 03:19 AM

it will be good if map your site because crawler index such site quickly but this doesn't mean that if you don't map your site then crawler will not index it.

**John Scott** · 09-26-2007, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Johan007

...Then fix the navigation. A Sitemap is not a suitable fix becuase it does not parse enough PR.

Amen.

If you need a sitemap, something's not right.

samlauren1 · 09-27-2007, 01:46 AM

Yes, Site maps are important. It makes available your page to crawler to be easily indexed. From this you will get good in page rank.

coolguy27 · 09-27-2007, 10:03 AM

Sitemaps has really nothing to do with SERPs... That's only a myth that if you have a sitemap your ranking in SE will do well....

Read, read and read, LEARN and Apply what you learn....

Web Gazelle · 09-27-2007, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Ckrismoney

I don't have a site map because I cant figure out how to do it.

Is it really important, and if so can i pay someone to help me with it?
Thanks for your help!

A site map can be valuable if you have pages that are very deep or if your using flash buttons to navigate the site. Using a site map with text links will make it possible for spiders to crawl all pages of the site. You should also create a Google site map and submit it to Google through the webmaster tools.

Try this link for help creating a site map. http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/

tzd · 09-29-2007, 08:08 PM

I feel XML sitemaps are very important. They allow Google to know all your pages... dont forget to do an HTML sitemap and add it to your robots.txt
sitemap: http://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.html, this last is specially useful for Yahoo and MSN, although Yahoo's siteexployer will allow you to add an XML feed...

Pinkfly · 10-05-2007, 12:00 PM

I think site map is better for both search engine and users..Site map inform search engine immediately about the changes in one's site so your site will be indexed faster..It is good for users coz it made easy for your visitors to find information regarding your site quickly..

zagu060807 · 10-05-2007, 12:23 PM

Yes, XML and HTML/XHTML sitemap are both important in site mapping, but XML sitemapping can be difficult if you do it manually, that is why there are sitemap generators made from sites that offer SEO services.

theawristocrat · 10-05-2007, 02:22 PM

not really needed but robots index your site faster if you have it.

D3n!ss3_gÜrL · 10-05-2007, 02:35 PM

I concur to all the members who sad yes!

You've got the answer. If you haven't done the sitemap in your site then just pay some bucks for a developer.

kaykays · 10-05-2007, 04:27 PM

Sitemaps help in speedier discovery and thus speedier indexing of your new pages and changes to existing pages. A simplest sitemap is just a text file of URLs, one per line.

corlock · 10-06-2007, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ckrismoney

I don't have a site map because I cant figure out how to do it.

Is it really important, and if so can i pay someone to help me with it?
Thanks for your help!

site map is very useful for the site that contains a lot of links. creating one will give a positive result. your site will become more crawlable by bots.

x3mario · 10-06-2007, 10:21 AM

Site maps can improve search engine optimization of a site by making sure that all the pages can be found. Most search engines will only follow a finite number of links from a page, so if a site is very large, the site map may be required so that search engines and visitors can access all content on the site.

potchie · 10-06-2007, 10:30 AM

yes,, ii'll help your site to crawled and index, as well as it give you a great ranking.

monhunter · 10-06-2007, 11:03 AM

it is needed for indexing the new content faster

Thomas Schulz · 10-09-2007, 07:18 AM

XML sitemaps can help search engines

Index your website faster
Speed up discovering changed content
Decide page from website to show in SERPs

chillfire · 10-09-2007, 07:32 AM

Call me old fashioned, but sitemaps were originally for site users to find their way in a site if they get lost or if they aren't sure where to start.

If you ignore the SEO perspective (its tough I know, but there is no use having a site that ranks No1 for your key terms if people cant navigate their way around and leave...withour spending cash!) and go down the human aspect sitemaps are a must for big sites, this site wouldn't work with a site map (although the front page of the forums is a a map of section so its pretty much the same concept).
I add sitemaps for both user and serps, it doesn't guaruntee anything but hopefully it helps a person and a spider find their way around. A perfect example is dlink.co.uk its a hopeless site for navigation (especially when you really needa driver) its helped slightly by the fact the sitemap breaks down the site into sections.

Not everything has to help Serps directly, if a user keeps coming back and they have a toolbar plug-in that sends travel details to its boss someone will notice the traffic and check it out themselves.

User Experience has to be taken into consideration.