help with sitemap.xml

[Kracov]

i'm new to sitemaps and xml but i've copied an example code from a guide. i still have some questions

i should put the file in the root folder, right?

which is the correct url usage-
http://site.com/stuff
http://site.com/stuff.html

are subdomains tolerated or not? what do i have to do to make my subdomains available in the sitemap?

 

[Aluvus]

The URL should be the actual URL, including extension, of the file.

If you have multiple subdomains, each should have its own sitemap, and you can tie them together with a sitemap index.

http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php

 

[Kracov]

so, sitemap index and sitemap in the root, right?

and then in the folder of "other.site.com" i put in sitemap2.xml, right?

 

[Snapster]

I think your issue is that you have two domains pointed to the same folder?

http://site.com/sitemap.xml will point to something like home/public_html/site.com/sitemap.xml

and

http://subdomain.site.com/sitemap.xml will point to something like home/public_html/subdomain.site.com/sitemap.xml

The reason is that google regards them as a different websites. If you want them to be the same then you should look at 301 redirects or web forwarding to transfer to the site you deem your primary url. However, if you want to get around this you can by pointing to different sitemaps using the robot.txt and giving the googlebot a hint:

Sitemap: http://site.com/sitemap1.xml
Sitemap: http://subdomain.site.com/sitemap2.xml

 

[Kracov]

no i got it i think. i was just making sure that sitemap_index and sitemap1 in the home folder was correct. also, i'm assuming to have sitemaps point to http://site.com/ instead of http://site.com/index.html, correct? i'm only following the guide, so i assume it's correct.