- How big can a sitemap be?
- What is a high level site map?
- What is the most commonly used format to create a sitemap?
How big can a sitemap be?
All formats limit a single sitemap to 50MB (uncompressed) or 50,000 URLs. If you have a larger file or more URLs, you will have to break your list into multiple sitemaps. You can optionally create a sitemap index file (a file that points to a list of sitemaps) and submit that single index file to Google.
What is a high level site map?
Sitemaps can be represented in a coarse-grained or a fine-grained way. On the one hand, high-level sitemaps (also called blueprints) show how the main sections of a web site fit together. They do not show all pages. On the other hand, detailed sitemaps document the site finer-grained.
What is the most commonly used format to create a sitemap?
A sitemap is an XML file listing all the important content on your website.