This did have a lot of words. My search term was best practices. I'm using wp and rank math. I basically was looking for answers to questions like should all taxonomies be included, categories etc is it better to exclude pages from site map or mark them as no index. You are confident in front of the camera and this video is the top result but please provide more value in the video
Cheers for the upload, I'd like to ask some questions about the Vodafone website HTML sitemap that you used as an example in the video. I went to the HTML sitemap on their website via the footer you showed in the video to have a look, and wasn't able to find the home page in the HTML sitemap. Unless it is indeed there and I just didn't see it, would the home page not be one of the most important pages to include in your sitemap? Is it the case that HTML sitemaps are aimed more at users, and that XML sitemaps are aimed more at search engines? This would maybe answer the previous question, because most users can probably find the home page without the sitemap (and so if the HTML sitemap is aimed primarily at users, there may be no need for the home page to be found there). If you were to find and look through the XML sitemap for this website, would you then likely find the home page among many other webpages on the site that are not included in the HTML sitemap?
The HTML sitemap is indeed mostly for users, but it also helps Google crawl too, Even if you have an XML sitemap, having both HTML and XML helps with crawl. Home page not being on the HTML sitemap isn't a huge issue as sitemaps are to help Google discover pages, they will always discover the home page unless blocked
Is an HTML sitemap really needed, if there already is an XML one? The "problem" with an HTML sitemap is that it is visible to website visitors and I am not so sure if they have any benefit of seeing the sitemap with tens of thousands of pages. Sadly unlike Bing, Google ignores the "priority" tag in sitemaps, although the tag could really help Google to decide which pages of a website to show, if the same search term appears at many pages. For example I have a website about skyscrapers and the pages are heavily interlinked, so that Google does to really get the hierarchy right. It would really improve the user experience if I could tell Google which pages it should prioritize.
I keep getting the "couldn't fetch" error message. I'm also not sure which part of the sitemap is copied. Every url I enter will not go. I've already uploaded the sitemap to the domain root folder, now I'm stuck on Google Search Console. Awesome vids, btw. Thank you.
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I have come back to this video several times! Thank you.
Working on a sitemap for a client, and I was like "What, exactly, is this for?" :) So this video was very helpful. Thanks, Dude!
Glad it helped!
@@darrentaylordigital The distinction you made between the XML and the HTML sitemap was particularly helpful.
Thank you for explaining the detail, will have a look at you other videos before I try and submit my XML.
have a great weekend
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed!
This did have a lot of words. My search term was best practices. I'm using wp and rank math. I basically was looking for answers to questions like should all taxonomies be included, categories etc is it better to exclude pages from site map or mark them as no index. You are confident in front of the camera and this video is the top result but please provide more value in the video
Does it mean , If you you have updated a new page you should add a new sitemap ?
Cheers for the upload, I'd like to ask some questions about the Vodafone website HTML sitemap that you used as an example in the video.
I went to the HTML sitemap on their website via the footer you showed in the video to have a look, and wasn't able to find the home page in the HTML sitemap. Unless it is indeed there and I just didn't see it, would the home page not be one of the most important pages to include in your sitemap?
Is it the case that HTML sitemaps are aimed more at users, and that XML sitemaps are aimed more at search engines? This would maybe answer the previous question, because most users can probably find the home page without the sitemap (and so if the HTML sitemap is aimed primarily at users, there may be no need for the home page to be found there).
If you were to find and look through the XML sitemap for this website, would you then likely find the home page among many other webpages on the site that are not included in the HTML sitemap?
The HTML sitemap is indeed mostly for users, but it also helps Google crawl too, Even if you have an XML sitemap, having both HTML and XML helps with crawl. Home page not being on the HTML sitemap isn't a huge issue as sitemaps are to help Google discover pages, they will always discover the home page unless blocked
@@darrentaylordigital thanks very much.
Can we test the performance of XML site maps using Google Optimise? If yes, how can I do it?
Nope, use the Google search console to test your sitemaps and fix crawl issues
Thank you :)
Is an HTML sitemap really needed, if there already is an XML one? The "problem" with an HTML sitemap is that it is visible to website visitors and I am not so sure if they have any benefit of seeing the sitemap with tens of thousands of pages.
Sadly unlike Bing, Google ignores the "priority" tag in sitemaps, although the tag could really help Google to decide which pages of a website to show, if the same search term appears at many pages. For example I have a website about skyscrapers and the pages are heavily interlinked, so that Google does to really get the hierarchy right. It would really improve the user experience if I could tell Google which pages it should prioritize.
Thankyou Sir good video, however where in my domain should I place my XML file? is it the header part? or body?
Thank you for the information. I’m not technically minded but I will now find out.
You're welcome!
The Big Marketer i will leave feedback.
Thanks for the video. It helps me a lot
Good video, I have a lot better understanding of the subject than I did. Thank You
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Described perfectly 👍
Thanks for info🙏
What about sitemaps for database websites with pages generated by users, how would that work?
What are the Best Practices for having Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions pages listed in XML sitemaps?
Hi ' How do I add my sitemap to my website? I have the sitemap html code I don't know what to do next. Thanks
Hi,
What can companies like us who use website builders and not sites like WordPress?
Most of them have sitemap support. Who are you using for your website?
@@darrentaylordigital Hi,
Thanks for the fast reply!
We are using weblium.com
please make a video about solving sitemap errors 🙏
Google search console worned me that my sitemap couldn't fitch!!!!!!
what does that mean?
Just wait for a day it's just a bug, check back again
Sometimes you just need to re-upload. But I'll plan a video on this
Hi Sir,
I would need sone help for my own website to set the sitemap
Regards,
Anshul Nischal
Robot,txt file and xtm sitemap work together well hand in hand what are the similarities
Thank you!!!
I keep getting the "couldn't fetch" error message. I'm also not sure which part of the sitemap is copied. Every url I enter will not go. I've already uploaded the sitemap to the domain root folder, now I'm stuck on Google Search Console.
Awesome vids, btw. Thank you.
My head can't handle all this data
nice job... thank you
You're welcome
BRAVO