No structured sitemap

[conversal]

Hello

We face this problem that a lot of sitemaps are structurally not good. In this case we used the WP sitemap plugin to generate the website sitemap and Google XML sitemaps to generate the sitemap for Google.

We also bought the Yoast premium plugin, but we can read in the backend that the plugin XML sitemaps may cause problems in combination with Yoast. Normally the Google XML sitemap generator improves SEO using sitemaps for the best indexation by search engines, but the structure is not as we want it. Will Yoast be a better solution to generate structured sitemaps?

This is a section from the current sitemap of www.rovana.be.

Products

• Reepgordijn
• Plissé - Dupli gordijn
• Duo rolgordijn
• Paneelgordijn
• Jaloezie - Vlinderjaloezie
• Poorten
• Muggenramen
• Velux accessoires
• Rolgordijn
• Vouwgordijn
• Buitenjaloezie
• Voorzetrolluik
• Glasdak
• Glaswand
• Vouwdak
• Pergola
• Verlichting - Verwarming
• Automatisering
• Lamellendak
• Verandazonwering
• Screens
• Koepel zonwering

This is how we think the sitemap should look like. We would like more structure in the different product categories.

Producten

• Zonwering

Zonnescherm
Screens
Verandazonwering
Koepel zonwering
Automatisering
Verwarming – verlichting

• Terrasoverkapping

Lamellendak
Pergola
VouwdaK
Glasdak
Glaswand

• Raamdecoratie

Rolgorijn
Paneelgordijn
Duo rolgordijn
Vouwgordijn
Plissé – dupli gordijn
Jaloezie – vlinderjaloezie
Reepgordijn
Velux accessoires

• Rolluiken

Voorzetrolluiken
Buitenjaloezie
Velux accessoires

• Muggenramen

Muggenraam
Velux accessoires

• Poorten

Sectionaal poort

Is this technically possible to create similar sitemaps in WordPress and how exactly do we proceed here? What is the impact of these changes on SEO? How can we make this work?

Thanks!

[rjonesx. 0]

Is your goal to create a standard HTML sitemap, an XML sitemap, or both?

[Martijn_Scheijbeler]

As far as I know how Yoast can create the sitemaps it's just a dump of all the articles that you have in WordPress. So your use case wouldn't be solved with just installing the plugin. You would probably have to work with either what you have or put some effort into rewriting how there sitemaps are being generated.