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  • Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:43 AM
     
     
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    I have used the same sitemap I use for Google to submit to MSN. Goggle maps all of the pages from my site Dees Fancy Dress Costumes  but Webmaster live only shows 8 pages.
    Do I have to add any other fields to my sitemap or is it that the bot is having trouble crawling my site?
       

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    • Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:17 PM
       
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      Hi,

       

      Live Search supports the joint sitemap protocol. I also noticed you weren't using a robots.txt file. I suggest using one and referencing your sitemap.

       

       

      Brett

       

         
      • Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:31 AM
         
         
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        Hi Brett,  I stumbled on this thread and found it interesting, can you please explain "referencing your sitemap" a little more for me.

        Thanks

        Mick

           
        • Friday, October 03, 2008 1:29 AM
           
           
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          You can find a reference at http://www.sitemaps.org


             
          • Saturday, October 04, 2008 12:20 AM
             
             
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            You'll generally find many of the sitemap generators will output with G in mind and that will almost always work fine with Live.
               
            • Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:10 PM
               
               
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              Hi Brett

              Can you explain why you would use the robots.txt file within a site map - would it be to purely direct the google bot or the msn bot? - or another reason?
              thanks
              Nick
                 
              • Sunday, October 26, 2008 2:30 PM
                 
                 
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                Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! are coming together in support of the SiteMaps protocol. And my 上海礼品公司  has only one
                sitemap- http://www.188gift.com/Sitemap.xml
                   
                • Monday, October 27, 2008 1:17 AM
                   
                   
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                  W3 has a new sitemap validator that is worth looking into.
                     
                  • Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7:48 PM
                     
                     
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                    Does this mean we can submit the same XML Sitemap file to MSN and Google?

                     

                       
                    • Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:12 AM
                       
                       
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                      All 3 of the main US search engines support the same standard so you are fine.


                         
                      • Sunday, November 30, 2008 11:22 AM
                         
                         
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                        Yes they are the same, the only difference is Google follows your sitemap and indexes the pages in it MSN takes no notice of your sitemap.

                           
                        • Monday, December 01, 2008 1:14 AM
                           
                           
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                          @catanich,

                           

                          Yes, you can submit the same xml file to all of the big three SEs ( Live Search, Google and Yahoo).

                           

                           

                           

                             
                          • Monday, December 01, 2008 2:47 AM
                             
                             
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                            @Brett Live in the Big 3? What year do you live in? the rest of us are in 2008 not 2002.
                               
                            • Monday, December 15, 2008 6:10 AM
                               
                               
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                              I submitted my url for real estate auction

                              Not appearing in index yet.
                                 
                              • Tuesday, December 30, 2008 11:03 PM
                                 
                                 
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                                Brett  -  Thanks

                                 

                                   
                                • Thursday, January 08, 2009 3:14 AM
                                   
                                   
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                                  I submitted ulr of my  site :Solar Manufacturer,Solar Products  to LIVE  is  sitemap.txt  ,and same as yahoo . But  do it as Sitemap.xml to Google.

                                   

                                  That what i do  about the sitemap.

                                     
                                  • Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:19 PM
                                     
                                     
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                                    I had exactly the same experience  but could only get 6 pages via webmaster live for my website halloween masks horror masks latex masks
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