Site Maps

[F-L-C]

Hi All,

What software does everyone use to generate sitemaps?

Thanks in advance

[universal4]

I use phpsitemapng on some of my static sites.
http://enarion.net/tools/phpsitemapng/


And I use this plugin for wordpress....havent had any issue with it so far
http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects...aps-generator/

This is another one of those threads that pop up every so often....would be interesting to here other's recommendations.

Rick
Universal4

[thebookiesoffers]

I don't use them, make sure your internal link structure is correct and there is no need for them, unless you want to create one for the actual user

[F-L-C]

Thanks Guys, Keep em coming!

[Chips]

I use phpsitemapng on some of my static sites.
http://enarion.net/tools/phpsitemapng/

Been using this generator on all my sites for many years. Get's the job done and has a button to report it to big G. Can't see how any other sitemap generator could do better. Unless it would also ping Bing and the other's.

[universal4]

I looked at enarions site yesterday and they have a beta out, not sure if it pings bing or not but it might.

They are working on a version that will work as a wordpress plugin. Also adding joomla support.

The other one I listed as a plugin works in the background, has a huge number of users, and since it is a plugin allows you to update the sitemap right out of the wordpress backend.

Rick
Universal4

[Jay_v]

I been using this http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ for the past couple of years, had no trouble.

[Doolally]

I've just started using xml-sitemaps.com as well and so far find it really good.

I'm using the unlimited version that costs $19.99. Well worth the money! I found the free site based version slow and a bit of a pain but get it running on your own server and it works a dream.

[Jay_v]

I've just started using xml-sitemaps.com as well and so far find it really good.

I'm using the unlimited version that costs $19.99. Well worth the money! I found the free site based version slow and a bit of a pain but get it running on your own server and it works a dream.

I use the free version, any particular reason why you use paid version?

Apart from 500 page limit.

I would love to own websites that 500+ pages though

[Doolally]

Mainly for the 500 page limit to be honest but it's also quicker to index the site and you have slightly more control and reporting.

It also saves the new sitemap automatically on your server.

I use the free version, any particular reason why you use paid version?

Apart from 500 page limit.

I would love to own websites that 500+ pages though

[lots0]

I don't use them, make sure your internal link structure is correct and there is no need for them, unless you want to create one for the actual user

I totally agree.
I don't use them.
And if your using the google WMT Fetch function, your new/updated page gets indexed almost immediately... so no need to direct googlebot with some PITA site map.
BING has even better tools in it's webmaster area than google for letting the search engine know about new pages and page updates, so no need for a site map with BING/Yahoo either.

Of course, some sites just need/want the page count to increase... hence the abundance of crappy site maps that no real person will ever use...

[iSynergy Media]

i also use this one good enarion dot net

[bboyspyder]

I used the one that YOAST plugin for Wordpress offered. It didn't work correctly as it had some issues with some other plugin so I came back to Google XML Sitemaps plugin.

[casinorecommender]

I use the below one and very happy for nearly one year! For WP of course

Google XML Sitemaps

This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com to better index your blog.

Version 3.2.8 | By Arne Brachhold