[SOLVED] SITEMAP ???

[crashmaster]

Hi there,

 

I've decided to create Sitemap.xls for my web, but I have several question's about it.

 

Should I create

 

<url>

<loc>http://www.xyz.com/index.html</loc>

<priority>1</priority>

<lastmod>2006-04-13T03:44:30+00:00</lastmod>

<changefreq>daily</changefreq>

</url>

 

for EVERY page on my web ?? I have a web portal, where users can posts video, should I record every added video in sitemap.xls ?? I think after several years, this file will be bigger than some MB.. is it normal ?

 

And what about priority ?? What the meaning of this param ?? Thx

[JamesThePanda]

Remember search engine crawlers and spiders don't take in everything on your site they only take in the first 100k and then leave and index the rest next time.

 

First of all I would recommend having a separate portal for every page.

It is a good Idea to have every page and video on you site map, that's the purpose of it. To have every part of your site with in reach.

If it is going to be more that a few megs then split it up into sitemap1, sitemap2, and so on this way every page on you site is going to be with in 2 clicks of the home page.

Also remember to do lots of internal linking don't just rely on site maps.

 

Thanks

 

James