Newbie Question : Google Sitemap

[jsw_nz]

Hi Guys

I haven't been on the forums for sometime - had a 'newbie' question regarding Google sitemap
- does phpwcms core itself support the export of an xml document - that conforms to Google sitemap model
- or is it a hack and enhancement
- not sure here......
- never had to spend time with it until now
- need to improve indexing of a phpwcms site done a couple of years ago.

pointers appreciated

jsw_nz

[Oliver Georgi]

Link Google Webmastertools with example.com/sitemap.php

[jsw_nz]

Hi Oliver

Good to hear from you
- its been awhile for me on the forums
So you are saying - in the domain in my case

http://www.calderstewart.co.nz/

just this simple.....
http://www.calderstewart.co.nz/sitemap.php

where I SUBMIT THE URL to back-end of webmaster tools account for the site....

Two questions
(1) - Google says each URL should be on NEW LINE if done this way
- the output looks like there are no new lines for each URL

(2) Google has a recommended XML format
- with 'priority' change frequency)
- would this be a better format to submit

Cheers
and thanks in advance for your pointers/advice
jsw_nz
new zealand

[update]

Have a look at the source code, not the rendered output.

[Oliver Georgi]

sitemap.php returns the basic Sitemap XML – all is fine and as Google wants. You can hack in additional URLs if you need – have a look at
config/phpwcms/sitemap.custom.ini

You can speed up indexing with this very fast. Priority and so on is not important. Keep it simple — Google bot is clever enough.

Do not forget to feed Bing Webmastertools too:
http://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmaster

[jsw_nz]

Thanks Guys!

...needed to look at source code...
...i notice the sort is based on last modified....
...good reason to keep stuff up to date / refreshed

thanks again