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Old 07-29-2006, 12:29 PM
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I am sure taht google is not de-indexing you as a result of adding a sitemap.

What they may be doing is using the sitemap to spider pages and then realising that some existing pages are dead or that they don't want them to be in the index so are removing them.
I decided a few weeks ago, that the site map was NOT causing the problem with the indexing and deindexing of my site. I thought I would try removing it, as a few other DP members were testing the theory for their own sites.

I didn't have any html errors, or files not found in the sitemap control panel. Google has -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --
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Originally Posted by langer
I am sure taht google is not de-indexing you as a result of adding a sitemap.

What they may be doing is using the sitemap to spider pages and then realising that some existing pages are dead or that they don't want them to be in the index so are removing them.
I decided a few weeks ago, that the site map was NOT causing the problem with the indexing and deindexing of my site. I thought I would try removing it, as a few other DP members were testing the theory for their own sites.

I didn't have any html errors, or files not found in the sitemap control panel. Google has -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --
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