What's the difference between sitemap.xml and sitemap.txt?

jetshing · 09-04-2007, 08:22 PM

I have got two files:sitemap.xml and sitemap.txt,and I have submitted the former one to google.I don't know what's the use sitemap.txt.Do I just upload it to my web space?
By the way,I read an article about robots.txt,and I put sitemap.xml in the file( just like this:
sitemap: http://mysite.com/sitemap.xml)
Is that OK?

leftybogs · 09-05-2007, 08:03 AM

thats the sitemap format for yahoo...

zagu060807 · 09-05-2007, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetshing

I have got two files:sitemap.xml and sitemap.txt,and I have submitted the former one to google.I don't know what's the use sitemap.txt.Do I just upload it to my web space?
By the way,I read an article about robots.txt,and I put sitemap.xml in the file( just like this:
sitemap: http://mysite.com/sitemap.xml)
Is that OK?

Xml is the format for submitting sitemaps to Google. Txt is the formal for submitting urllist/sitemap to Yahoo

09-05-2007, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetshing

I have got two files:sitemap.xml and sitemap.txt,and I have submitted the former one to google.I don't know what's the use sitemap.txt.Do I just upload it to my web space?
By the way,I read an article about robots.txt,and I put sitemap.xml in the file( just like this:
sitemap: http://mysite.com/sitemap.xml)
Is that OK?

I think xml for Google and for Yahoo you can choose whether the xml or the txt one...

Because here is the news that the 3 Big SEs team up on sitemap.. Click this link

jetshing · 09-05-2007, 06:20 PM

It's so kind of you to explain it clearly.As I was told,I have submitted xml to google and txt to yahoo respectively.

stream · 09-05-2007, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetshing

By the way,I read an article about robots.txt,

hi jetshing, do u mind to show me the link on robots.txt u read? or u may advise me where to find robots.txt log if search engine robot crawler visited my website.
btw, I still using htm extension for my site map ; should I change into sitemap.xml for google robot?

thank you.

jetshing · 09-05-2007, 09:26 PM

just like this:
Sitemap: http://yoursite/sitemap.xml
I think we can use sitemap.htm,too.

09-04-2007, 08:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
jetshing Googler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: PRC Posts: 91 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	What's the difference between sitemap.xml and sitemap.txt? I have got two files:sitemap.xml and sitemap.txt,and I have submitted the former one to google.I don't know what's the use sitemap.txt.Do I just upload it to my web space? By the way,I read an article about robots.txt,and I put sitemap.xml in the file( just like this: sitemap: http://mysite.com/sitemap.xml) Is that OK?

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leftybogs Elite Googler Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,153 Thanks: 0 Thanked 29 Times in 24 Posts	thats the sitemap format for yahoo...

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jetshing Googler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: PRC Posts: 91 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It's so kind of you to explain it clearly.As I was told,I have submitted xml to google and txt to yahoo respectively.

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jetshing Googler Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: PRC Posts: 91 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	just like this: Sitemap: http://yoursite/sitemap.xml I think we can use sitemap.htm,too.

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