Submit SITEMAP or domain

[OKFarmgirl]

I'm trying to figure out if it's better to submit the Sitemap for my site to search engines, or if I should just do the domain and the search engines will figure it out. Thanks!

[paulgl]

You don't have to do either. Just get a few high profile links to
your site, and google figures out the rest.

There are different kinds of sitemaps. One for visitors, one for google.
If all content can readily be gotten off the first page, you don't
really need either. I can't remember the last time I visited a sitemap
for a site. IMHO, if visitors need a map to navigate your site, then
you should revamp the site.

Paul

[OKFarmgirl]

No, the sitemap isn't linked to the actual site (for visitors), but it's there as domain.com/sitemap.xml so the SE can find it. So if that's in place, I just have to do the domain itself? I am indexed in Google but Bing and Yahoo only have my main domain indexed and none of the other pages. Between my pages, posts, tags and categories, I've got 156 pages indexed in Google right now.

I was jumping Alexa page rank fairly quickly, and now it's slowed down a bit, but I'd like to get higher up in the SERP for my keywords. I'm only on page one for one of them, and it's more for local readers than global ones. So far, not making much of anything on the site. It's my longterm goal to make it the rockin-est site in my keyword pool, so I'm not expecting immediate miracles. I just want to see steady progress.

Thanks!

[donkey007]

it is always good to submit sitemap then only domain. Many times google bot miss the some of the webpages of your site.

i m using Create your Google Sitemap Online - XML Sitemaps Generator to create sitemap which works perfect for me. it easily index all url to crawl

[paulgl]

Originally Posted by donkey007

it is always good to submit sitemap then only domain. Many times google bot miss the some of the webpages of your site.

i m using Create your Google Sitemap Online - XML Sitemaps Generator to create sitemap which works perfect for me. it easily index all url to crawl

You can't force google to do anything.

If the googlebot misses pages, you have a site structure problem, or it just does
not want to index it.

You don't need to ever submit anything to search engines, and you don't
need an xml sitemap. Google does not need to be led by the hand.

If your pages are buried so deep that you need a sitemap, redo your site.

There is nothing magical about a sitemap. I know that's hard to believe
what with the rhetoric.

Submitting a site to google is useless. It's never a good thing.

Paul