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Is a Sitemap necessary

  • 29-11-2011 01:46PM
    #1
    donalg1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,513 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering if a Sitemap is absolutely essential to a website that is relatively small. It consists of about 6 pages, and a gallery with a slideshow, so is it worthwhile creating a sitemap just for this, and if so would it be done in html only or should it be done in xml also.

    I was told that a sitemap can help with SEO but for such a small site is it really worth attempting?


Comments

  • #2
    Freddio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 668 ✭✭✭Freddio


    Google would probably mark you down for that under their rules for excessive internal linking


  • #3
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,698 ✭✭✭tricky D


    It likes internal linking in general. A 6 page site is unlikely to have anything near excessive internal linking.

    For the small overhead in creating both sitemaps, why would you not so it?


  • #4
    donalg1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,513 ✭✭✭donalg1


    tricky D wrote: »
    It likes internal linking in general. A 6 page site is unlikely to have anything near excessive internal linking.

    For the small overhead in creating both sitemaps, why would you not so it?

    Thats what i had half thought myself alright. Do you see any need to do both or would a quick html one do the job, it would really only list whats on the Nav Bar anyway


  • #5
    tricky D
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,698 ✭✭✭tricky D


    Just do both. Doing a html one is trivial and only takes a minute or two. Then just use an online xml sitemap generator for the xml. Upload, submit to Webmaster Tools, all done in a few minutes.


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