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Old 02-05-2008, 07:20 PM
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I don't really have a good grasp on exactly how these sitemaps work. Is it necessary to update the sitemap when adding or replacing webpages?
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If you are talking Google sitemaps specifically, then it is not necessary, Google will crawl your sitemap regularly for changes.
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Default Re: Google Sitemaps

but sometimes they won't include some pages until you provide them a sitemap (forums, blogs).
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Default Re: Google Sitemaps

Unless your site has alot of PageRank and you update frequently, a sitemap will not really help you. Google will not deep crawl a large site that's thin on juice. It also may not come checking for new pages if it knows you don't update often. An HTML sitemap is enough unless you're cnn.com or about.com.
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Default Re: Google Sitemaps

I love having a sitemap, though I don't do a good enough job of keeping ours up to date. It's great because every time I let google know that I've created a new page, it gets indexed instantly (sort of how a blog gets indexed instantly). Love-love-love that speed!

Maybe others have found a good way to get a page listed instantly without that--- but I haven't.
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If you are talking Google sitemaps specifically, then it is not necessary, Google will crawl your sitemap regularly for changes.
Great that's what I was hoping to hear!
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