I’ve read a lot of posts about the launch of Google Sitemaps, but I haven’t seen anything in the aftermath confirming if they have had a positive impact on a site’s traffic or not.
For those of you who don’t know what a Google Sitemap is, it is an XML map of a site which can be submitted to Google containing information such as change frequency, priority, date created and more.
It is an experimental service which should help Google’s spiders know what URLs are available on your site and about how often they change. The theory is that this could improve your site listings.
So:
- Has anyone seen an uplift in traffic? If so, how much?
- How often do you resubmit your Google Sitemap?
- How do you create your Sitemap – what tools do you use?
- Have you seen any other benefits?
Update: This is the best online tool I’ve found to create a Google Sitemap. It allows up to 2000 links whereas other tools seem to allow only 500.
