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    • AlightAnalytics
      AlightAnalytics last edited by

      Do I need to submit a sitemap for a mobile site?  What are the benefits/disadvantages?

      Thanks!

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      • NakulGoyal
        NakulGoyal last edited by

        Well, it really depends if you have any indexing issues. There's no downside in submitting one, so if it's not too much of an effort, it might be well worth it to submit one. Other issues I would suggest you look at: 1. Duplicate content issues between your main website and your mobile website 2. Are both m.yoursite.com and yoursite.com indexed in Google.com ? 3. I would recommend to disallow Googlebot-Mobile from crawling your mainwebsite and allowing only the Googlebot-Mobile on the Mobile site. I hope that helps.

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