XML Sitemap After On Page Changes
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Hi everyone, could anyone please help me understand what to do next with the xml sitemap after making on page changes?
For example, a website has an already existing xml sitemap and it's submitted to Google search console. We make changes to the website - URL structure, content, added new pages, 301 redirected broken links etc. for optimisation. Is there anything that we should do to change/update their current xml sitemap? Does it automatically update itself? Do we have to resubmit their xml sitemap to search console?
Thanks!
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Correct!
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Awesome, thanks Martin!
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Hey Nikki,
Yes, those are correct.
Cheers, Martin
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Hi Martin, thank you for your reply. Just to clarify, if we uploaded the sitemap manually to the website, we'll have to reupload a new one, and then resubmit to GSC.
If our sitemap is generated by a tool, say, in WordPress, then the sitemap gets updated automatically, and we just have to resubmit it to GSC.
Are those correct?
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I second Martin, definitely update the XML sitemaps that you have for your site.
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Hey Nikki,
It depends how the file was created. If you exported it manually it won't change by itself. Especially, if you changed URL structure, added some redirects and some new pages.
I'd recommend to resubmit new Sitemap.xml to Google Search Console because the new one will probably differ quite a bit.
Hope it helps. Cheers, Martin
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