In the manual + SEO section of ADMIN settings - it gives a warning of using sitemaps - [please see attachment]
But everywhere else I go -reading up on SEO etc. it recommends using a sitemap - or using the google tools - or yahoo tools etc. - to create one.
So there I sit and ponder -
1] Is it "best" / or "not" to use the sitemap generator within WSN ..
2] And/Or ? should I be looking at an using an outside SiteMap Generator ?
- Interested to hear all parties thoughts on this subject ...and experiences ...
So far - have just let the spiders crawl on their own ...but I want to make sure I am not missing something by not generating a "google" or other style of sitemap...
What exactly are these sitemap generators you see recommended? I've never heard of one. Certainly nothing in the google tools I've seen generates them.
So far - WSN Links has created a nice site map on its own - without using the SEO Site Map tool in Admin ...
- but I see all my pages are not listed by Google - so am looking to get more spidered ..
...and back to my original inquiry - wondering the differences between the SEO site map generator that you have already incorporated into WSN Links - and using a outside generator such as the google one .. (if that makes sense ?)
Paul thanks for all your "other" responses - to my multiple questions (have just returned from traveling - so was slow in getting this posted here)
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Ok - I am a little confused:
In the manual + SEO section of ADMIN settings - it gives a warning of using sitemaps - [please see attachment]
But everywhere else I go -reading up on SEO etc. it recommends using a sitemap - or using the google tools - or yahoo tools etc. - to create one.
So there I sit and ponder
1] Is it "best" / or "not" to use the sitemap generator within WSN ..
2] And/Or ? should I be looking at an using an outside SiteMap Generator ?
- Interested to hear all parties thoughts on this subject ...and experiences ...
So far - have just let the spiders crawl on their own ...but I want to make sure I am not missing something by not generating a "google" or other style of sitemap...
Thanks in advance...
DR
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What exactly are these sitemap generators you see recommended? I've never heard of one. Certainly nothing in the google tools I've seen generates them.
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Goggle has a list of 3rd party site map generators that support Google site maps at http://code.google.com/sm_thirdparty.html , but WSNlinks does same thing.
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Since those are crawlers they'd presumably add server load.
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Thanks Paul + Larry
Here is the link to the specific Google Site Map Generator that I have been looking at:
www.google.com/support/webm...swer.py?answer=34575&hl=en
So far - WSN Links has created a nice site map on its own - without using the SEO Site Map tool in Admin ...
- but I see all my pages are not listed by Google - so am looking to get more spidered ..
...and back to my original inquiry - wondering the differences between the SEO site map generator that you have already incorporated into WSN Links - and using a outside generator such as the google one .. (if that makes sense ?)
Paul thanks for all your "other" responses - to my multiple questions (have just returned from traveling - so was slow in getting this posted here)
DR
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The spider-based ones would include more unimportant pages in the list and might not be consistent about url rewriting.