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KellyD
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 Posted: 01.13.07, 4:36 pm Post subject: Google Sitemap |
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Can somebody please explain to me what a sitemap is and what exactly it can do for my website.
Ive read alot of posts in other forums about sitemaps but not saying what they are.  |
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Puppy
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| Posted: 01.13.07, 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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A sitemap will help crawlers (eg: Googlebot) crawl your website more intelligently
This site is a good resource on explaining it  http://www.sitemaps.org
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KellyD
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| Posted: 01.13.07, 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Oh great! Thanks for the link. I need all the help I can get with Googlebots. Yahoo is a frequent visitor but Google and MSN not so much. |
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dvduval
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| Posted: 01.14.07, 12:36 am Post subject: |
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It is important to have pages that are frequently being updated, especially your homepage. That can help increase the frequency googlebot visits. And of course, you should try to build your pagerank too.
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KellyD
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| Posted: 01.14.07, 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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| dvduval wrote: | | It is important to have pages that are frequently being updated, especially your homepage. That can help increase the frequency googlebot visits. And of course, you should try to build your pagerank too. |
I dont really have a homepage because its a forum. Im trying to build my page rank Ive started with directory submission and Ive got a few backlinks. Just gotta keep working! |
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reviewer
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| Posted: 01.15.07, 7:18 am Post subject: |
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| So, if your homepage has changed between the last time the Googlebot spidered and the next time it hits, you will get more frequent indexing? |
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aquariancore
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| Posted: 01.16.07, 12:19 am Post subject: Homepage changes for indexing |
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| Would they have to be major pages changes or slight ones. I have an all flash site and the html is basically a place holder. |
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aquariancore
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| Posted: 01.21.07, 3:59 am Post subject: Re: Homepage changes for indexing |
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| aquariancore wrote: | | Would they have to be major pages changes or slight ones. I have an all flash site and the html is basically a place holder. |
I found the answer to my own question. Any change will do. Adding links helps. |
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aquariancore
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| Posted: 02.03.07, 9:38 am Post subject: |
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| KellyD wrote: | | dvduval wrote: | | It is important to have pages that are frequently being updated, especially your homepage. That can help increase the frequency googlebot visits. And of course, you should try to build your pagerank too. |
I dont really have a homepage because its a forum. Im trying to build my page rank Ive started with directory submission and Ive got a few backlinks. Just gotta keep working! |
You have a meta words sections update that. |
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