If I'm using a compressed sitemap (sitemap.xml.gz) that's the URL that gets submitted to webmaster tools, correct?

[jgresalfi]

I just want to verify that if a compressed sitemap file is being used, then the URL that gets submitted to Google, Bing, etc and the URL that's used in the robots.txt indicates that it's a compressed file. For example, "sitemap.xml.gz" -- thanks!

[ThompsonPaul]

Good Choice. The XML Sitemap spec has specific maximum sizes for individual sitemaps, but they are specified sizes before compression, so compression doesn't get you around the size limitations anyway 

P.

[jgresalfi]

Thanks Paul. I wound up turning compression off because the sitemap itself isn't very big and didn't think it was necessary.

And if I see it in the future on a client's website, I'll know what to do.

Cheers,
Jason

[ThompsonPaul]

Yup - you have to use the actual URL of the sitemap for submission. The search engines will handle it fine - as you can confirm by watching in GSC and Bing Webmaster Tools that it's getting processed.

Paul

P.S. There's really no particular benefit to using a compressed sitemap anymore.

[jgresalfi]

Well, that didn't really answer the question but thanks for responding anyways.

[seoman10]

I've never used compressed site maps for Google.

All they are looking for is an XML list of pages, providing Google can read it that's all that really matters.

I don't have any experience of bing i'm afraid, I just let it work.

Hope that helps