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    • shopperlocal_DM
      shopperlocal_DM last edited by

      I have a coupon website (http://couponeasy.com)
      Being a coupon website, my content is always keeps changing (as new coupons are added and expired deals are removed) automatically.

      I wish to create a sitemap but I realised that there is not much point in creating a sitemap for all pages as they will be removed sooner or later and/or are canonical.

      I have about 8-9 pages which are static and hence I can include them in sitemap.

      Now the question is....

      If I create the sitemap for these 9 pages and submit it to google webmaster, will the google crawlers stop indexing other pages?

      NOTE: I need to create the sitemap for getting expanded sitelinks.

      http://couponeasy.com/

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      • dohertyjf
        dohertyjf last edited by

        Hi Anuj -

        I think you are operating from a very false assumption that is going to hurt your organic traffic (I suspect it has already).

        The XML sitemap is one of the the very best ways to tell the search engines about new content on your website. Therefore, by not putting your new coupons in the sitemap, you are not giving the search engines one of the strongest signals possible that new content is there.

        Of course, you have to automate your sitemap and have it update as often as possible. Depending on the size of your site and therefore the processing time, you could do it hourly, every 4 hours, something like that. If you need recommendations for automated sitemap tools, let me know. I should also point out that you should put the frequency that the URLs are updated (you should keep static URLs for even your coupons if possible). This will be a big win for you.

        Finally, if you want to make sure your static pages are always indexed, or want to keep an eye on different types of coupons, you can create separate sitemaps under your main sitemap.xml and segment by type. So static-pages-sitemap.xml, type-1-sitemap.xml, etc. This way you can monitor indexation by type.

        Hope this helps! Let me know if you need an audit or something like that. Sounds like there are some easy wins!

        John

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        • Toddfoster
          Toddfoster last edited by

          Hello Ahuj,

          To answer your final question first:

          Crawlers will not stop until they encounter something they cannot read or are told not to continue beyond a certain point. So your site will be updated in the index upon each crawl.

          I did some quick browsing and it sounds like an automated sitemap might be your best option. Check out this link on Moz Q&A:

          https://moz.com/community/q/best-practices-for-adding-dynamic-url-s-to-xml-sitemap

          There are tools out there that will help with the automation process, which will update hourly/daily to help crawlers find your dynamic pages. The tool suggested on this particular blog can be found at:

          http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/standalone-google-sitemap-generator.html

          I have never used it, but it is worth looking into as a solution to your problem. Another good suggestion I saw was to place all removed deals in an archive page and make them unavailable for purchase/collection. This sounds like a solution that would minimize future issues surrounding 404's, etc.

          Hope this helps!

          Rob

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