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Old 05-17-2008, 02:04 PM   #1
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Does having a site map really help?

Well my friend said that after he added a site map to his site he got more traffic. Does a site map help that much?
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Old 05-18-2008, 12:09 AM   #2
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From what I understand it helps get your site indexed faster in google and the other SEs, I would definitely recommend using one. Some software like vbulletin have sitemap generators, that is what I use.
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Old 05-18-2008, 03:14 AM   #3
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a few hours ago i installed one on my site
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Old 05-18-2008, 09:51 AM   #5
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It's good practice to have sitemaps on your site. It allows Google et al to find pages that it couldn't find easily via spidering. It probably won't help with rankings though as the pages need to have backlinks etc to have better rankings.

It also helps to have sitemaps in Google webmaster tools, it can give you lots of information on your website.
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yea, def helps. For forums i think it really improves the pages indexed. make sure you list them with google and yahoo webmaster accounts
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This is great to know as i was only asking yesterday about these.
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Traffic using sitemap?
I dont think so.
Its an indirect way to get traffic tho by getting indexed faster with google. Takes time.
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Old 05-27-2008, 11:39 AM   #9
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i would think so
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Absolutely definitely yes. Helps get your new pages get indexed faster. And yes there is an increase in traffic at least that;'s what happened with a few of my sites
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