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    • DavidC.
      DavidC. last edited by

      I just shut off the All-In-One seo pack plugin for wordpress, and turned on the Yoast plugin. It's great!  So much helpful, seo boosting info!

      So, in watching a video on how to configure the plugin, it mentions that I should update the sitemap, using the Yoast sitemap

      I'm afraid to do this, because I'm pretty technologically behind... I see I have a Google XML Sitemaps (by Arne Brachhold) plugin turned on (and have had it for many years).

      Should I leave this one on?

      Or would you recommend going through the steps to use the Yoast plugin sitemap? If so, what are the benefits of the Yoast plugin, over the Google XML?

      Thanks!

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      • DonnaDuncan
        DonnaDuncan @Stramark last edited by

        Yes, but don't link to it from your home page. It's for search engines not visitors.

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        • Stramark
          Stramark @T0BY last edited by

          please do create a HTML sitemap in order to facilitate google crawling all of your pages and helping your visitors finding specific pages.

          Wouter - Online Marketing Bureau Stramark.nl

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          • T0BY
            T0BY last edited by

            Thanks!

            Toby

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            • Martijn_Scheijbeler
              Martijn_Scheijbeler @T0BY last edited by

              Wouldn't do it, it's an XML file.

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              • T0BY
                T0BY last edited by

                Do you think having a link to your sitemap from your homepage is any use for SEO? I am getting mixed messages.

                Toby

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                • Martijn_Scheijbeler
                  Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by

                  Hi David,

                  It doesn't matter that much, but mostly from an efficiency perspective I would go for 1 plugin who handles all of it and probably even beter then having 2 plugins. There is no harm in removing the plugin you're currently using for generating sitemaps and switching over to Yoast.

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