The web.sitemap is a physical file used by the ASP.NET site navigation API, in turn used by navigation controls. On the other hand, the sitemap.xml file is a file that lists the organizational structure of the website targeted towards search engines.
IOW, you can have both. On Sep 2, 5:58 pm, ptvvee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I have a website I've deployed and would like to publish a sitemap > with it to help with navigation, search engines etc. I've read web > articles on the subject but am confused on two matters. > > 1) .Net has the built in web.sitemap file it creates. Yet, when I > look at lots of other sites, including ones that say they are Google > friendly, they create a sitemap.xml file. Which one (or both) of > these is the correct file to have with the site? > > 2) Also, different articles say different things about where to store > the sitemap in the project. Some articles say to put the sitemap in a > public_html folder, while others suggest it should be in the root > directory. Any clues to which is correct? > > Sorry if these questions are a bit on the novice side, but I > appreciate anyone's help. > > Tom
