Proper sitemap update frequency

[jcgoodrich]

I have 12 sitemaps submitted to Google. After about a week, Google is about 50% of the way through crawling each one.

In the past week I've created many more pages. Should I wait until Google is 100% complete with my original sitemaps or can I just go ahead and refresh them? When I refresh the original files will have different URLs.

[David-Kley]

If you have URL's that changed, I would resubmit. If Google hasn't found them yet, what difference would it make to submit more that haven't been found yet? When they do crawl them, you will have them crawling the right and updated URL locations

[jcgoodrich]

Thanks David. To clarify, the urls haven't changed I've just added more of them.

I am wondering if it will "throw google off" if I uploaded all new sitemaps that had different URLs in them before it's done with first crawl. I am getting good crawl frequency now and didn't want to disrupt it.

Does that make sense or change your answer at all?

Thanks again.

[David-Kley]

Nah, I don't think so. If they havent gotten to them yet, it shouldnt affect it. You could probably change the URL's, change the name of the sitemap, etc and have it not do anything.

If anything, you would want them to find the new URL's before its done with the first crawl, rather than index something that is no longer correct.

[irvingw]

Agreed, I don't see any issue with it, if you have more urls submit them if you can.

[KeriMorgret]

You want your sitemap to include all your important URLs. Don't remove them from the sitemap just because you have been crawled.