Comments on: WordPress 2.7 and XML Sitemaps http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/wordpress-27-and-xml-sitemaps/1253/ Because not everyone can throw thousands of dollars at the 'How do we market ourselves online?' question... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:57:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Matt McGee http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/wordpress-27-and-xml-sitemaps/1253/#comment-48074 Matt McGee Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:38:51 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1253#comment-48074 Hey Justin -- I'd love to know how your test turns out. Leave another comment if you get a chance - thanks! Hey Justin — I’d love to know how your test turns out. Leave another comment if you get a chance – thanks!

]]> By: Justin Briggs http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/wordpress-27-and-xml-sitemaps/1253/#comment-47751 Justin Briggs Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:11:12 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1253#comment-47751 I've always been one to support sitemaps, but I like your post about why you hate them, and the clip in the SEO Moz video was good. I think sitemap could be responsible with some of the problems one of my sites might be having. It has a lot of low quality pages, that would have prob been ignored if I hadn't used a sitemap. I'm going to test the removal of the sitemap, and see what effect it has. I’ve always been one to support sitemaps, but I like your post about why you hate them, and the clip in the SEO Moz video was good.

I think sitemap could be responsible with some of the problems one of my sites might be having. It has a lot of low quality pages, that would have prob been ignored if I hadn’t used a sitemap. I’m going to test the removal of the sitemap, and see what effect it has.

]]> By: Matt McGee http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/wordpress-27-and-xml-sitemaps/1253/#comment-46705 Matt McGee Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:43:00 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1253#comment-46705 ADCF - if you click through to read the article I referenced above, you'll understand my disdain for XML Sitemaps. Believe it or not, not everything included in webmaster central has value. ADCF – if you click through to read the article I referenced above, you’ll understand my disdain for XML Sitemaps. Believe it or not, not everything included in webmaster central has value.

]]> By: ADCF http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/wordpress-27-and-xml-sitemaps/1253/#comment-46619 ADCF Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:06:16 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1253#comment-46619 I don't understand your disdain for XML site maps. They are part of webmaster tools so how is that a bad thing? This is the first that I have ever read about anyone who thinks they are a bad thing. If they are bad why are they important to Google? I don’t understand your disdain for XML site maps. They are part of webmaster tools so how is that a bad thing?

This is the first that I have ever read about anyone who thinks they are a bad thing. If they are bad why are they important to Google?

]]> By: Marcel Feenstra http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/wordpress-27-and-xml-sitemaps/1253/#comment-46548 Marcel Feenstra Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:13:57 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1253#comment-46548 @Rajesh: I meant that, currently, XML sitemaps are used by relatively *few* sites; and I suspect that there is a fairly high correlation between the use of XML sitemaps and the site owners' grasp of SEO-related techniques. If, in the future, many/most/all WP based sites start using sitemaps, it would be harder for search engines to make inferences regarding the site owners' "innocence" based on just their presence... :-) @Rajesh: I meant that, currently, XML sitemaps are used by relatively *few* sites; and I suspect that there is a fairly high correlation between the use of XML sitemaps and the site owners’ grasp of SEO-related techniques.

If, in the future, many/most/all WP based sites start using sitemaps, it would be harder for search engines to make inferences regarding the site owners’ “innocence” based on just their presence… :-)

]]> By: Rajesh http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/wordpress-27-and-xml-sitemaps/1253/#comment-46442 Rajesh Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:05:01 +0000 http://www.smallbusinesssem.com/?p=1253#comment-46442 Marcel, Funny!!! Do you think that search engines will be able to distinguish between what comes out of the wordpress core and what comes out of the plugin factory? do you think that they will treat what comes out of wordpress core as authentic? Marcel, Funny!!! Do you think that search engines will be able to distinguish between what comes out of the wordpress core and what comes out of the plugin factory? do you think that they will treat what comes out of wordpress core as authentic?

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