Sitemap Clarifications from Google\'s Sitemap FAQs continuation

Sitemap Clarifications from Google’s Sitemap FAQs continuation

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• You can submit sitemaps using your preferred format (text file, RSS or atom feed, XML file). However, the XML sitemap protocol is the best format to use for sitemaps since it is easily upgradeable and can contain more comprehensive information.
• Sitemaps can be used to tell Google which URL you prefer to be used (shown in SERPs) in case you have multiple URLs pointing to the same content.
• The order by which the URLs appear on the sitemap file does not matter. It will not affect page rank.
• For websites with multiple sections you can submit an individual sitemap for each section. However, if you prefer to submit a single sitemap for your entire site that is just fine. Note though that a sitemap should contain no more than 50,000 URLs and have a maximum size of 10MB (uncompressed). If your site has more URLs than the limit imposed you have no choice but to make multiple sitemaps.
• For those who use multiple sitemaps you can manage them better by listing them in a sitemap index file. Note that a sitemap index file’s maximum number of files is 1,000 files.

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