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    • Trazo
      Trazo last edited by

      I have already added the .xml to Robots. But should I also add the html version?

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      • Martijn_Scheijbeler
        Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by

        No, it won't help you at all as it's not a valid extension that they will use. What you can do is add a link to the HTML sitemap from multiple pages on your site so you provide an efficient way for Google to access it and use it to crawl the other pages on your site.

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        • Libra_Photographic
          Libra_Photographic last edited by

          As said above, great question though.

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