Delete or re-submit sitemaps for new products? How often?

[tiffany1103]

When I add new products (approx. 10 a month), I usually delete the old sitemap and submit a new one.  Is this ok to do, or should I just re-submit it with the new info included? Also, is once a month too much?

[ForForce]

No need to delete the old one... an update will function just as well.

Once a month is rather rare.  You could do update the sitemap for everyone of your 10 updates / month and not have any problem.  I can't imagine any problem kicking in unless you regularly do multiple updates per day.  Even doing that once in a while won't be an issue.  Especially if it's 'legitimate' updates, and not an automated script submitting non-stop.

[AU-SEO]

Hi Tiffany,

This looks like you're debating between two approaches to me.

approach 1 - is it ok to delete a sitemap file and submit a new one once a month with product updates.

approach 2 - Is it ok to resubmit the same existing sitemap with the updates included. also once a month.

As Eric mentions below, stick to having your current sitemap file and just updating it rather than having to delete and submit a fresh one each time.

Part 2 - Is updating once a month too much? no. Once a month updates are fine and you can still get away with more than just once a month depending on how much content you have available to update.