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mandy

06-23-2008, 12:07 PM
Quote: I don’t agree with the “sitemaps are a great idea” crowd. So, why am I calling sitemaps the most overrated SEO tactic ever?

XML Sitemaps Don’t Solve Problems

I’ve done SEO on sites as small as 4-5 pages. I’ve done SEO on sites with 15,000,000+ pages. I’ve never once recommended the site owner create an XML sitemap and submit it to the search engines. Sitemaps don’t really solve any problems where indexing and crawlability are concerned. Let’s use a typical 100-page site as an example:...

full article: http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/xml-site...ever/1193/

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Quote:There are many SEOs spilt on the topic of the value in submitting a Sitemap to Google. In my opinion, it is clear that if a site has very poor navigation and on-page SEO, submitting a Sitemap might be your only alternative. But for well optimized sites, is there a benefit in submitting a Sitemap file to Google?...

full article: http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/017415.html
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