Thanks v much Marie - that's really useful - this sounds like it'd be good to test so will try to do that and see what happens.

Hi - I'm just looking at the text on a redesigned homepage.

They have moved all the text to the very bottom of the page (which is quite common with lots of designers, I notice - I usually battle to move the important text back up to the top).

I have always ensured the important text comes at the top, to some extent - does it matter where on the page the text comes, for SEO?

Are there any studies you can point me to?

Thanks for your help, Luke

Thanks Angular Marketing, and Everett... very helpful feedback and much appreciated. Luke

Just read this: "The location of a Sitemap file determines the set of URLs that can be included in that Sitemap. A Sitemap file located at http://example.com/catalog/sitemap.xml can include any URLs starting with http://example.com/catalog/ but can not include URLs starting with http://example.com/images/." here: http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html#location

Yet surely it's better to put the sitemaps at the root so you have:
(a) http://example.com/sitemap.xml 
http://example.com/sitemap-chocolatecakes.xml
http://example.com/sitemap-spongecakes.xml 
and so on...

OR this kind of approach - 
(b) http://example/com/sitemap.xml
http://example.com/sitemap/chocolatecakes.xml and 
http://example.com/sitemap/spongecakes.xml

I would tend towards (a) rather than (b) - which is the best option?

Also, can I keep the structure the same for sitemaps that are subcategories of other sitemaps - for example - for a subcategory of http://example.com/sitemap-chocolatecakes.xml I might create http://example.com/sitemap-chocolatecakes-cherryicing.xml - or should I add a sub folder to turn it into http://example.com/sitemap-chocolatecakes/cherryicing.xml

Look forward to reading your comments - Luke

Many thanks Eric - much appreciated - that clarifies everything perfectly

Hello Mozzers,

I am looking at a website with the homepage repeated several times (4 times) on the sitemap (sitemap is autogenerated via a plugin) - is this an SEO problem do you think - might it damage SEO performance, or can I ignore this issue?

I am thinking I can ignore, yet it's an odd "issue" so your advice would be welcome!

Thanks, Luke

Thanks Miriam - that makes good sense - many thanks for your feedback Luke

Hi Miriam and I'm very grateful for your input, as ever.

Here's some clarification:

One business is a cookery school offering educational services - the other business is a restaurant open to the public, run by the students of the cookery school (both are owned by the same company).

The company in question has been using the same address for both - 24-27 Castle Mews - t**he business names and phone numbers are different. **

So all seems OK at the moment. I could keep their shared address as it is, which is accurate.

However, it is also clear that each business actually has a distinct address within Castle Mews, so if I wish to differentiate/split the addresses, so each business has a distinct address, I can:

The restaurant is at 24-26 Castle Mews - the cookery school is at 27 Castle Mews, so does it make sense to split the addresses along these lines, or doesn't it really matter?

Look forward to hearing from you, Luke

Ah, so varying all elements - the Name, Address and Phone number - that seems logical - thanks for your feedback.

Hi Mozzers - I'm working with 2 businesses at the moment, at the same address - the only difference between the two is the phone number.

I could ask to split the business addresses apart, so that NAP(name, address, phone number) is different for each businesses (only the postcode will be the same).

Or simply carry on at the moment, with the N and Ps different, yet with the As the same - the same addresses for both businesses.

I've never experienced this issue before, so I'd value your input.

Many thanks, Luke

I know - nearly fell of my chair in shock ha! Thanks for the links Luke

Hi Dmitrii - the tweets are copied onto multiple pages within the website - when one page is full another page is created - for all the tweets from the company's twitter account - I have advised them to stop doing this now - it seem like bad practice in terms of web development anyway.

These tweets that are copied onto multiple pages are only used to display the company's latest 3 tweets, anyway, which are shown in a tweet feed in the homepage footer.

Just noticed a web developer I work with has been copying tweets into the website - and these are displayed (and saved) one page at a time across hundreds of pages (this is so they can populate a twitter feed, I am told). How would you tackle this, now that the deed's been done? This is in Drupal. Your thoughts would be welcome as this is a new one to me.

Thanks, Luke

thanks Moosa - it does