How often should we re-submit the site map
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Hello,
my question is how often should we need to re- submit our site map in google webmaster tools?
like we are using prestashop and we keep on adding new products to our site. is we have a plugin to generate the site map from our backend.
is it necesary to login in to google webmaster tools every day and re submit our sitemap to google?
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I do agree with you..as I told before there are tons of tools available to do this process automatically. I will try to use one of the most popular addon from prestashop addons site.. And let's see how it goes
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Thank you Ravi. I understood the question and the answer is correct.
I'll share one example. I operate a site which runs on XenForo forum software. There is an add-on extension called XenUtiles which offers sitemap functionality. There is an admin panel for the extension whereby I simply check a box to submit to Bing, and another box to submit to Google. There is another tab whereby I set the frequency and time of submissions. It all happens automatically and without logging in to Bing nor Google.
If you pick any software package such a Joomla, for example, there are likely dozens of extensions which provide this functionality. There are many more which can be applied to any site.
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i guess his question is how can we automatically submit sitemaps to both Google and Bing without the need to log into WMT.
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There are literally hundreds of software packages which generate sitemaps. You would need to check the instructions for whatever software you use to generate the sitemap.
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When I look at your sitemap I see mostly web page URLs with some image URLs as well. If you wish to exclude images from your sitemap, you should check the sitemap generating software for instructions on making that adjustment.
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"You can automatically submit sitemaps to both Google and Bing without the need to log into WMT."
Would you Please clarify how to do it.
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thanks for the reply..
i guess there is some module in prestashop modules which creates the site map everyday at midnight and submits automatically to WMT.. i will have a look at that..
but as i have asked in my other thread in WMT the type of site map showing is "images" and i dont know how to change that to URL's
this is our site map www.digitalcompring.com/sitemap.xml
thanks
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Sitemaps are not required at all on a site with solid navigation. With that understood, an HTML sitemap can be useful for users and it is easy to automate both the HTML sitemap generation and the XML submission process.
In a perfect world, you can set your site to automatically submit a new site map whenever a new product or page is added. Just be sure not to go completely overboard. You do not want to submit more then 1 sitemap per hour.
If your developer is not able to generate updated sitemaps automatically based on content, then you can submit a daily sitemap update as well. You can automatically submit sitemaps to both Google and Bing without the need to log into WMT.
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