Make sitemap inaccessible to users

[sericbiz1]

I would like to have my xml sitemap created and constantly updated search engines, however, I would not like my users to be able to type in the www.<sitename>.com\sitemap.xml and actually be able to view the site map. Would I be able to move the sitemap.xml file from my root and put it somewhere else so it is not accessible to users but still updates search engines correctly?

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Hello,

search engine bots should be able to access your sitemap, so it can't be moved to a place where it's blocked. However, you can choose a filename for your sitemap like "myown_sitemap_423432.xml" so noone would guess where it is.

[sericbiz1]

Great idea, thank you.