Changing the XML Sitemap address

[JohnW-UK]

For technical reason we are having to change our XML sitemap URL's from domain.com/sitemap.xml to domain.com/sitemaps/sitemap.xml - What checklist do I need to do to make sure this transition goes smoothly and is there any problems that I might come across?

[MickEdwards]

Just ensure you update robots.txt with the new address.  Re-submit the new sitemap to the search engines. Should be as simple as that.  Your URLs have not changed.

Your sitemap does not determine the indexing of all URLs but gives the search engines a good idea what to crawl, on top of being able to crawl from URL to URL on the site.  It mainly is to help you see what has been indexed in comparison to what you have submitted.  Unfortunately Webmaster Tools is not fully to speed anyway so may not show the same results as site:some-domain.com.