Hi Forum buddies
The first time I created my site map for Google, I did so in a txt file. It uploaded fine, and began to show Google through my site per the stats available in the account details.
I then began to lose previously indexed pages in Google. I read in this forum, that some believed that adding a Google sitemap caused indexing problems with their site; and they were losing pages in the hundreds, if not thousands, from the Google index. I toyed with taking down my site map, and saw almost instant results - my pages began to show in the index within minutes afterwards.
Then, after a few days, I began to see the same inconsistencies, and fluctuations in the index as before, so I added the sitmap again to my account. However, this time, I used an XML format. It seemed to give better results - quicker indexing, and more pages indexed.
My question is, does anyone feel that it is better or worse to use one file format over
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