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mguzma

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sitemap.xml v sitemap.xml.gz - should i delete sitemap.xml?
« on: October 17, 2010, 10:26:06 AM »
HI,
I have 40,000 pages on my site and have been generating sitemap.xml files for a year. I have now started generated sitemap.xml.gz instead. Both types of file now exist on my server. Should I delete the sitemap.xml files?

Many thanks,
Graham
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XML-Sitemaps Support

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Re: sitemap.xml v sitemap.xml.gz - should i delete sitemap.xml?
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2010, 09:39:23 PM »
Yes, you should remove it since it will contain aoutdated information now.
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mguzma

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Re: sitemap.xml v sitemap.xml.gz - should i delete sitemap.xml?
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2010, 07:48:12 AM »
Thanks for the reply.
I will do that now.
Graham
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rkoziol7

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Re: sitemap.xml v sitemap.xml.gz - should i delete sitemap.xml?
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2010, 03:05:14 PM »
Is old sitemap.xml packed automatically to sitemap.xml.gz when there is a new sitemap.xml generated?
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Re: sitemap.xml v sitemap.xml.gz - should i delete sitemap.xml?
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2010, 04:22:49 PM »
Are you referring to online generator service? Every time you run generator, both xml and xml.gz sitemaps are updated.
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rkoziol7

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Re: sitemap.xml v sitemap.xml.gz - should i delete sitemap.xml?
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2010, 12:37:02 PM »
Thanks. I have thought that sitemap.xml.gz is a backup of an old sitemap - but it would have no sense of course.
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