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Can any one answer these google sitemap question?

by ronr
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If a website generates a site map automatically does it have to be submitted to google or will it get found anyway?

If you go into google webmaster tools does and there is no sitemap listed for a site does it mean it hasn't been submitted or that it hasn't found any sitemap for the site.

Thanks, Ron
#answer #google #question #sitemap
  • Profile picture of the author Lisa Gergets
    I don't believe a sitemap is generated automatically. I could be wrong (god knows!), but I believe that you have to generate it for it to show in Google Webmaster Tools.
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  • Profile picture of the author VegasGreg
    If you build a sitemap file, it is sometime quicker to submit it to Google Webmaster Tools, but they will eventually find it if it is built properly.
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    • Profile picture of the author ronr
      That's what I thought. But would it be listed in the webmaster tools section if it wasn't submitted but was found?

      Originally Posted by VegasGreg View Post

      If you build a sitemap file, it is sometime quicker to submit it to Google Webmaster Tools, but they will eventually find it if it is built properly.
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      • Profile picture of the author VegasGreg
        Originally Posted by ronr View Post

        That's what I thought. But would it be listed in the webmaster tools section if it wasn't submitted but was found?
        If it was found already, it would show up there.

        Just submit one regardless and/or do what Kev said.
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        • Profile picture of the author jaclay20
          I guess it will still be found in the Google. just my opinion..I'm not sure though.
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          • Profile picture of the author ronr
            Thanks for the responses.
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  • Profile picture of the author ~kev~
    Add your sitemap location to your robots.txt file. Just about all search engines will grab the robots.txt file before indexing the site. So by adding your sitemap location to your robots.txt, your submitting your sitemap to all search engines that index your site.

    Add this line to your robot.txt

    Sitemap: http://www.example.com/site-map-location.xml

    Change the domain name and site map location to match your site.
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  • Profile picture of the author davewebsmith
    ronr,

    you can use this site

    Create your Google Sitemap Online - XML Sitemaps Generator to create

    the files you need, its a manual spider that will scan you site and build you a sitemap that you can upload and google webmaster tools loves it
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