How to generate xml sitemape for an ecommerce site with more than 50000 pages?
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Hi, I am new to the forum and struggling hard to work on xml sitemap for an ecommerce site. Site is dynamic and more that 50,000 pages (including product pages).
Challenges I am facing
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should I opt for category wise xml sitemap?
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how to include new product pages (dynamically)
I was wondering if there is any tool that can generate xml site map online (I mean as soon as a new page is added to the site it will pick up automatically).
thanks
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Hello,
I use http://gsitecrawler.com/.
1. I'm not sure what you mean by category wise xml, but your site map should include all pages and set up in a clean and organised hierarchy. http://www.clevegibbon.com/contentmanagement/2009/06/10/from-site-map-to-content-hierarchy/ If you have 50,000 pages, i hope you've set up your hierarchy because 50,000 pages is a hell lot of pages.
2. You can set up the xml file to update automatically as well; http://gsitecrawler.com/en/faq/info/automate/.
hope this helps
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