Re: Can I Have two sitemaps on my site

Hi Everyone
I'm Ok now, it was me, Dumb and Dumber, I was scrolling down the page
when trying to add my sitemap and attempting to put the file address
where the URL of the site should go.

Anyone reading this may like to know that I created my multi page
sitemap witth GSite crawler from SOFTplus, and it is an absolute doddle
to use.

You just type in your URL
Tell it where you want the project saved on your hard drive
Press a button to spider the site
Press a button to create the sitemap
And upload the created sitemap with the built in FTP Program or your
own FTP program to your top level folder in your domain.

Kindest regards Tony

cuidado wrote:
> Hi John
>
> Thank's for your swift reply and a very merry Christmas to you.
>
> When I first made a sitemap i did the whole thing in html. I then
> registered it with Google sitemaps and they spidered it and i can view
> stats from it.
>
> I then expanded my site by several thousand pages and thought it would
> be a good idea to do the job properly and make an xml sitemap. I then
> downloaded what I believe is your software (Gsite Crawler) Brilliant by
> the way, and I created sitemap-index.xml, 4 sitemaps, and the
> stylesheet, which I have uploaded to the top level of my server.
>
> What I really wanted to know is if Google will now ignore my original
> sitemap and take notice of the new sitemap that I made with your
> software.
>
> Kindest regards
>
> Tony
> softplus wrote:
> > Hi Tony
> > You're confusing the two files -- which is perfectly normal since they
> > are called the same :-)
> >
> > The sitemap.html which you refer to is probably a sitemap file for
> > normal visitors, correct? That's a great idea to have in any case! Keep
> > it, of course :-)
> >
> > The "Google Sitemap File" is actually something similar, but different.
> > It is a file which is really only there for Google's own software,
> > something which is not read by your visitors (usually..). A Google
> > sitemap file can list up to 50'000 pages, if you have more you can make
> > Sitemap index files, with up to 1000 sitemap files (I think). That
> > should be enough to cover most sites. The Google Sitemap file lists all
> > your pages and generally includes some other information for Googles
> > software (but that is optional).
> >
> > Let me know if I have spread even more confusion :-) or if I missed
> > something.
> >
> > Cheers
> > John ( http://johannesmueller.com/gs/ )