To update or not update your XML sitemap April 12, 2010 No Comments
‘What the hell is XML?!’ I hear you cry… Well, the SEO dorks at redsauce.com are on hand to guide you through this particular minefield and let you know the ins and outs of the XML sitemap.
Put simply, XML sitemaps are submitted to search engines to help them decide what pages they should crawl and index. They typically contain a list of all pages on your website and a list of pages that should be ignored or given higher priority. Many people question whether XML sitemaps should even be submitted or if the search engines even consider them. Some people even say you should update your sitemap every time you create a new page. The rumours abound… Read the rest of this entry »
XML Sitemap Basics – How To Get Your Site Crawled More Efficiently November 4, 2009 No Comments
As a developer at redsauce.com, I am always looking for the most efficient way of doing things, whether it be a PHP script or a database schema. Working on a truly huge site recently, it became obvious that google’s crawling was causing performance issues with the server the site was hosted on. If google doesn’t already know what pages your site contains (i.e. if its a new site), the google bot will have to go through every link on your site, possibly visiting certain pages several times.
