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tained by Jaimie Sirovich at

http://www.seoegghead.com/seo-with-php-updates.html

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Summary

In this chapter you learned about the two forms of sitemaps — traditional and search engine based. Search

engine sitemaps, read only by search engines, help a web site get spidered more quickly and comprehen-

sively. Traditional sitemaps are designed for human consumption, but they are beneficial to the same end

as well.

There is no conflict in creating both forms of sitemaps. A properly designed traditional sitemap also bene-

fits human usability in ways a search engine sitemap cannot. We recommend creating both in the interest

of usability as well as speedy and comprehensive indexing.

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