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I want to load my ecommerce site xml via CDN
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Hello Experts.
My ecommerce site - abcd.com
My ecommrece site sitemap abcd.com/sitemap.xml
My subdomain - xyz.abcd.com ( this is blank page but status is 200 which runs from cdn)My ecommerce site sitemap abcd.com/sitemap.xml contains only 1 link of subdomain sitemap- xyz.abcd.com/sitemap.xml
And this sitemap- xyz.abcd.com/sitemap.xml contains all category and product links of abcd.comSo my query is :-
- Above configuration is okay?
- In search console I will add new property - xyz.abcd.com. and add sitemap xyz.abcd.com/sitemap.xml So Google will able to give errors for my website abcd.com
Purpose - I want to run my xml sitemap from cdn that's why i have created subdomain like xyz.abcd.com
Hope you understood my query.
Thanks!
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Hello Micey123,
That sounds good except you should put the sitemap reference for xyz.abcd.com within that subdomain's robots.txt file as well: xyz.abcd.com/robots.txt, as each subdomain should have its own robots.txt file.
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The Google Sitemap protocol enables you to provide details about your pages to search engines, sitemaps provide additional information about site pages beyond just the URLs. Typically, it is best practice to submit XML sitemaps for pages, images and videos. In the case of a CDN there are additional steps needed to implement XML sitemap submission.
The Google Sitemap protocol enables you to provide details about your pages to search engines, sitemaps provide additional information about site pages beyond just the URLs. Typically, it is best practice to submit XML sitemaps for pages, images and videos. In the case of a CDN there are additional steps needed to implement XML sitemap submission.
To submit Sitemaps for multiple hosts from a single host, you need to “prove” ownership of the host(s) for which URLs are being submitted in a Sitemap.
Example: To submit Sitemaps for 3 hosts:
www.host1.com with Sitemap file sitemap-host1.xml
www.host2.com with Sitemap file sitemap-host2.xml
www.host3.com with Sitemap file sitemap-host3.xmlMoreover, you want to place all three Sitemaps on a single host: www.sitemaphost.com. So the Sitemap URLs will be:
http://www.sitemaphost.com/sitemap-host1.xml
http://www.sitemaphost.com/sitemap-host2.xml
http://www.sitemaphost.com/sitemap-host3.xmlBy default, this will result in a “cross submission” error since you are trying to submit URLs for www.host1.com through a Sitemap that is hosted on www.sitemaphost.com (and same for the other two hosts). One way to avoid the error is to prove that you own (i.e. have the authority to modify files) www.host1.com. You can do this by modifying the robots.txt file on www.host1.com to point to the Sitemap on www.sitemaphost.com.
In this example, the robots.txt file at http://www.host1.com/robots.txt would contain the line “Sitemap: http://www.sitemaphost.com/sitemap-host1.xml”.
By modifying the robots.txt file on www.host1.com and having it point to the Sitemap on www.sitemaphost.com, you have implicitly proven that you own www.host1.com. In other words, whoever controls the robots.txt file on www.host1.com trusts the Sitemap at http://www.sitemaphost.com/sitemap-host1.xml to contain URLs for www.host1.com. The same process can be repeated for the other two hosts. Finally, submit the Sitemaps from www.sitemaphost.com. The same process can/should be repeated for the other two hosts.
CONCLUSION
Above configuration is okay? Yes It will work, just remember to set it up properly in Search Console
I believe that Google will only follow that below to the TLD domain so subdomains such as
cdn.yourdomain.comwill work but a completely different domain will not. Most if not all CDN networks you can setup your domain to work in harmony with one another and should be no reason to use another domain. -
Hello Expert,
Can anyone reply me please?
Thanks
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