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Tehnophobe question about my website

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  • 03-08-2010 9:30am
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    d-sher
    Registered Users Posts: 124 ✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    Hoping somebody can answer this for me.

    Just to start by saying I don't have a clue about designing/creating a website! I did manage however to build a site using the software provided by blacknight when I payed for hosting. Took me weeks to fumble through it but eventually got something that resembled a website.

    My question is do I need to do a new sitemap thing for google after adding a new page to the website? I submitted a sitemap when I first built the site and it is indexed. Just wondering if I need to dump the old sitemap and create a new updated one?

    Thank you my new computer genius friends... ;)


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    tomED
    Registered Users Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭tomED


    You don't need to submit a sitemap to appear in search engines, however now that you have, if you have changed the site structure or added pages, you should really submit a new sitemap.

    Here's an article I wrote a long time ago - but just uploaded to my blog today...

    http://www.tomdoyletalk.com/2010/08/03/getting-your-website-listed-on-google/


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    d-sher
    Registered Users Posts: 124 ✭✭d-sher


    Fantastic info! Thanks a million tomED. Much appreciated..


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    PaulPinnacle
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭PaulPinnacle


    Nice read Tom, thanks for sharing. You found a great balance between providing the information and keeping it 'readable' for the target audience (as you have on many of the posts, +1 subscribers).

    There's always that hidden 'option 5': do nothing at all, sit hoping your site doesn't get indexed (without the use of robots etc.) and watch as referrals/exit logs have it pop up in a flash :p.


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    tomED
    Registered Users Posts: 1,452 ✭✭✭tomED


    Thanks Paul - I actually wrote that article for a free business paper that circulates in Dublin - I tried to take my "industry" hat off for that one - so delighted to hear what you thought! :)


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