Any excellent recommendations for a sitemap.xml plugin?
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Hi,
I'm trying to find a sitemap generator/plugin that I can point my client to. My client is using Magento, and is one of the largest sports store i Norway (around 20 000 products). I've heard there's one that can set the <priority>according to page views, sold units, and other relevant parameters, and that also takes care of the other elements in the sitemap.xml.</priority>
Any good recommendations out there?
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The most popular sitemap plugin for Magento appears to be this one: https://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/xml-sitemap-generator-splitter.html, the XML Sitemap Generator & Splitter.
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Hi, Eric
My client is using Magento. Do you know of any good plugin's for that?
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You could also try https://semperplugins.com/all-in-one-seo-pack-pro-version/
I personally don't like the Yoast method of splitting the sitemaps into pages and posts (e.g. http://www.birdsonganalytics.com/sitemap_index.xml) even though I understand the potential benefits for larger sites. That is just a personal opinion though.
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Hi Inevo,
You don't mention which CMS your client is using, but if you mention "plugin" I'm assuming that the client is using WordPress. If that's the case, then they should use the Yoast SEO plugin, which will automatically generate the sitemaps(s) that the client needs.
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