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Just finished site do i need to create a site map for the site to get spidered

by NKelly
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Hi warriors
I have just finished a site for a friend and was wondering do i need to create a sit map for the site to get spidered. The site is just up and has no results in search engines. Or is there any specific file i need to create for if to get spidered.

Any help would be apprenticed thanks again..
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  • Profile picture of the author invi
    i think u need site map for all pages to get indexed.
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    • Profile picture of the author NKelly
      would a page with all the links on it help index the site
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      • Profile picture of the author Steve Diamond
        As long as your site has internal links so that any page can be found, after a few clicks, starting at the home page, then the spiders will be able to index it just fine. You don't really need anything else.

        Does an on-site sitemap page that lists all the links help to get it indexed faster or more thoroughly? Doubtful. I think that no one really knows for sure. Does a sitemap.xml file help? It might help a little, since you can specify how often the spiders should re-visit each page. But then they're free to ignore your specification too.

        Bottom line: Neither kind of sitemap can possibly hurt you, so why not have them? OTOH, no one can guarantee that they will help.

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        • Profile picture of the author NKelly
          HI steve
          The site is now indexed,just the home page But has no internal linking so I'm going to do that now. The home page is a crest with the buttons underneath that are java script. I was thinking that a text link for each of the 5 pages under the footer. It wont hurt getting the rest of the pages indexed.

          Cheers
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