Google Writes Google Sitemaps FAQs

The Google Webmaster Central Blog has posted a Sitemaps FAQs blog post. In this blog post, Google responds to some of the most asked questions on the Sitemaps protocol and how Google supports it. Some of the questions include: Does a Sitemap submission guarantee page inclusion? Can submitting a Sitemap hurt my site? Will my […]

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The Google Webmaster Central Blog has posted a Sitemaps FAQs blog post. In this blog post, Google responds to some of the most asked questions on the Sitemaps protocol and how Google supports it.

Some of the questions include:

  • Does a Sitemap submission guarantee page inclusion?
  • Can submitting a Sitemap hurt my site?
  • Will my rankings improve if I submit a Sitemap?

Check out the full FAQs over here.


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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