Sitemap Migration - Google Guidelines

[mobic]

Hi all.

I saw in support.google.com the following text: Create and save the Sitemap and lists of links

• A Sitemap file containing the new URL mapping
• A Sitemap file containing the old URLs to map
• A list of sites with link to your current content

I would like to better understand about a "A list of sites with bond link to current content"

Question 1: have I need tree sitemaps simultaneously ?
Question 2: If yes, should I put this sitemap on the Search Console of the new website?
Question 3: or just Google gave a about context how do we make the migration? And I'll need really have sitemaps about the new site only..?

What about is Google talking?

Thanks for any advice.

[MattRoney]

Hi there! I believe that Google is simply recommending that you make sure to have the new URL map, the old URL map, and a list of all your inbound links. Looks like how they're meant to be used comes up in the next steps. For example, the next page includes these steps (which I have completely removed from their contexts, so make sure to do things in the order Google outlines):

• On the destination site, submit the two sitemaps you prepared previously containing the old and new URLs. This helps our crawlers discover the redirects from the old URLs to the new URLs, and facilitates the site move.

and

• External links: Try to contact the sites in the saved list of sites linking to your current content, asking them to update their links to your new site.

The old and new sitemaps will be used by Google when first indexing your old site, and the list of external links is there to help you maintain your link profile.

Does that make sense?