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Sitemap.xml, Site Maps And Spider Maps: Linking Pages Compared
The various site maps and spider maps have different content for different purposes. Here, we compare the types of linking pages for your site.
| Page Property | Human Site Map | Sitemap.xml | Spider Map |
| Purpose | Provide a compact overview of the site's structure and an alternate navigation scheme | Provide links for the search engine spiders to follow | Provide links for the search engine spiders to follow and/or acts as a map for people |
| Intended Audience | Human visitors | Search engine spiders | Search engine spiders or humans |
| How Created | By hand | Automatically using sitemap.xml creator or by hand | Automatically using spider map creator or by hand |
| Links To All Pages On The Site? | Maybe for small sites, rarely for large sites | Always | Always |
| Links To The Map Are Usually On: | All Pages | robots.txt file, may also be submitted directly to the search engines | Index page is usually sufficient |
| Anchor Text Linking To Site's Pages | Brief description | None | Title text |
| Appearance | Matches site format | Plain text (xml) file | Not important |
| Map Page Organization | Organized by categories or folders | None, just a list of URLs | None, just a list of links |
Sitemap.xml Resources
Sitemap.xml Articles: Google, Yahoo And Microsoft Team Up For Sitemaps Protocol and Sitemaps Protocol Supported By Google, Yahoo, MSN and Ask
Sitemap.xml Sample: To view an actual sitemap.xml file, download the searchenginepromotionhelp.com database sitemap, this is a small (5 kb) compressed gzip file and needs to be uncompressed for viewing.
Sitemap.xml Creation: Generate sitemap.xml with a free online form and scripts to create sitemap.xml files from databases.
Human Site Map And Spider Map Related Pages
For an illustration of the difference between site maps and spider maps see site map for Search Engine Promotion Help.com and a sample spider map
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