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  • Thursday, January 29, 2009 5:33 PMjoeaudette Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Using content management systems that support hosting multiple sites in a single installation it is cumbersome to use robots.txt.
    Even within a single site we have multiple feature specific site maps, google allows up to submit all of them.
    So for example the main site map is siteroot/SiteMap.ashx but the blog feature also generates a site maps for blog posts at siteroot/Blog/BlogSiteMap.ashx

    Am I missing something? Is there a way I can submit multiple site maps for a single site using WebMaster tools?
    If not I really think you should add it as it as a feature, it is possible with google.

    Best Regards,

    Joe Audette
    Primary Developer of mojoPortal open source ASP.NET CMS
       

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  • Thursday, January 29, 2009 6:40 PMBrett Yount Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Thank you for the feedback. You are correct. We currently only accept one sitemap. However, have you thought about using a sitemap index file? That might solve your issue.

     

     

    Brett

     

     

     

       
  • Thursday, January 29, 2009 7:20 PMjoeaudette Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi Brett,

    Thanks for your help. So if I create an xml file in site map index format and list the urls in there for the various site maps, then I just submit the site map index as the site map? Is that correct?

    Best,

    Joe
       
  • Thursday, January 29, 2009 7:29 PMBrett Yount Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Correct. sitemaps.org has more information about halfway down this page: http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php

     

    Good Luck!

     

    Brett

       
  • Thursday, January 29, 2009 7:35 PMjoeaudette Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Good solution.

    Many Thanks!

    Joe