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Originally Posted by tenzin
i may sound stupid but doing as i said earlier, would it create an error? i mean, an xml sitemap standing alone(hidden) in a site, without having any links....
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No, xml sitemap has only 1 purpose - tell search engines about links on your web site. Users don't have to see this file at all, because pppls can't understand XML format, do you not see this? And your php sitemap which generates HTML page is the one you show to users.
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some say that i have to redirect the pages. and with that too, for everything to come to normal, it would take 4-6 months. is it true?
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1. What you did is you erased Google "memory" about your web site, i.e. pages that used to be there are gone now along with PR if they had any.
2. Submitting a new sitemap without taking care of what happens to old pages is the same as erasing them from Google "memory" = database.
3. If old pages are worth saving PR, then you should use .htaccess R=301 (Moved to new location) rules to connect lost links to new locations, i.e. you tell google that this page is still exist but has moved to new location and google will follow to new location to pick up the contents.
Hope this helps you a little
P.S. What do you mean "How long till it comes to normal?"