Google Sitemaps

[[Unknown]]

Does the URL to the sitemap include www?

-[Unknown]

[Trekkie101]

No.

Should I add it?

[Owdy]

Untested with SMF 1.0.x.  Upload, test, and give to Google.

Shows the top 20 members, top 20 topics, all boards, and forum only.

-[Unknown]

I have used that file from day you posted it. Now my site hits in google are 75% lower than before.  Could this be related?

[[Unknown]]

I didn't ever say anything about it being a GOOD thing.  In fact, I have no idea if it is.  That's why I was reluctant to post it.

No.

Should I add it?

As the error message says, they have to be the same.

-[Unknown]

[Trekkie101]

I added it this morning along with my other one, ill give it a chance, although it usually takes about two days before it has an error, ill keep you posted.

[Owdy]

This creates maps easy way http://www.auditmypc.com/free-sitemap-generator.asp

[dtm.exe]

This creates maps easy way http://www.auditmypc.com/free-sitemap-generator.asp

Thanks, that was easy .

-Dan The Man

[Owdy]

You did it allready? 

[[Unknown]]

What's the point of a sitemap that just emulates what Google does?

-[Unknown]

[Owdy]

Whats the whole point of google maps. Inform urls to crawl.

[[Unknown]]

Whats the whole point of google maps. Inform urls to crawl.

I thought it was to:
  - give it URLs it might not otherwise find.
  - tell it the priority of one URL over another.
  - describe how often a specific page is likely to change.

-[Unknown]

[Owdy]

Seems you didnt test that java app. You can do those things with that. And this is how Google says it:

The Sitemap Protocol allows you to inform search engine crawlers about URLs on your Web sites that are available for crawling.

Btw, not everyone is drinking Google's Koolaid. Michael, (aka "Projectphp") quips:

    "For a static site with little changes, SiteMaps is a useful as tits on a Bull"

Well sayd

[[Unknown]]

No, I didn't, but if you just have it crawl your site you get all the slowdowns and problems of Google doing it, even if you can tell it extra URLs and relative importances... it's also takes longer than generating and estimating those things.

I don't have Java installed and I have no plans to change that.... so I can't test the program you linked to.

-[Unknown]

[dtm.exe]

You did it allready? 

It's still running.

-Dan The Man

[Owdy]

This is good point also:

Another benefit brought by sitemaps is that webmasters can quicken the indexing of some pages by publishing them in the sitemap, without waiting for the usual ,,visit" of the crawlers. This technique is called ,,content pushing".

[dtm.exe]

This creates maps easy way http://www.auditmypc.com/free-sitemap-generator.asp

Just to let everyone else know, while doing this, you'll probably notice a large number of errors.  This is because SMF protects directories such as Sources, Themes, Attachments, etc.

-Dan The Man

[Owdy]

use robots.txt. Then you get no errors. And you can ad filters.

[Owdy]

I have used that file from day you posted it. Now my site hits in google are 75% lower than before.  Could this be related?

Eh, that was temporary, now it shows normal ~4000 pages. Weird behavior from google.

[innerfire]

Would love sitemap.php with the SEO url's.  I'm a big believer in never giving two URL's to the same file for google.  Has anyone modified sitemap.php for this?  Also, if I wanted more than twenty posts, would I change:

Code Select Expand


$request = db_query("
SELECT ID_TOPIC
FROM {$db_prefix}topics
ORDER BY numViews + numReplies DESC
LIMIT 20", __FILE__, __LINE__);


to

Code Select Expand


$request = db_query("
SELECT ID_TOPIC
FROM {$db_prefix}topics
ORDER BY numViews + numReplies DESC
LIMIT 9999", __FILE__, __LINE__);


Thanks!

[Trekkie101]

After adding the www. and letting it work like that, its been perfect for about a week now, well done [unknown] your still brilliant, not that we ever doubted ya.