sitemap file problems 1

[jslmvl]

Hi,

Following is a sitemap file I made. Please help me by answer my questions after "???":

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="

http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">

<url>
<loc>

http://www.mysite.com/</loc>

??? Do I need to append index.asp?
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
</url>
<url>
<loc>

http://www.mysite.com/aPage.asp</loc>

??? I think this one is fine
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
</url>
<url>
<loc>

http://www.mysite.com/aFolder/*.asp</loc>

??? Can I use "*.asp" here?
<lastmod>2009-09-5</lastmod>
<changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
</url>
</urlset>

Thanks a lot for your help.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

No, Yes, Not as far as I know.

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[ChrisHunt]

The point of sitemaps is to tell search engines the URLs of all your pages. There's no point in telling them "there's a whole load of pages in this directory that all end in .asp" - what use is that?

Since you're working in ASP, you should be able to dynamically generate a sitemap by looking at that directory and pulling out all the filenames.

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd

 

[jslmvl]

Or, can I simply use
<loc>

http://www.mysite.com/aFolder/</loc>

meaning all files under folder /aFolder/

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

That means use the default page at /aFolder, rather than all files, AFAIK.

Why not just accept you need to specify all files?

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[jslmvl]

Thank.

I got a few thousands of files!

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Why not do the obvious thing, then, and build an ASP page to dynamically generate the sitemap for you?



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[jslmvl]

Well, (if I can do) *.asp is better than a few thousands of lines in the sitemap file.