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Adding multi-language sitemaps to robots.txt
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I am working on a revamped multi-language site that has moved to Magento. Each language runs off the core coding so there are no sub-directories per language.
The developer has created sitemaps which have been uploaded to their respective GWT accounts. They have placed the sitemaps in new directories such as:
- /sitemap/uk/sitemap.xml
- /sitemap/de/sitemap.xml
I want to add the sitemaps to the robots.txt but can't figure out how to do it. Also should they have placed the sitemaps in a single location with the file identifying each language:
- /sitemap/uk-sitemap.xml
- /sitemap/de-sitemap.xml
What is the cleanest way of handling these sitemaps and can/should I get them on robots.txt?
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Adding the following lines to the bottom of your robots.txt should do it:
Sitemap: http://www.example.com/sitemap/uk/sitemap.xml
Sitemap: http://www.example.com/sitemap/de/sitemap.xml
If you wanted to update the file names to be different it wouldn't hurt, but I don't think you would have any problems with how they are currently set up. If you have submitted them to WMT and they are being picked up ok I think you are fine.
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