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Penalized for not having sitemap?

         

mzadorian

4:21 am on Jul 16, 2011 (gmt 0)

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For years, i never setup a sitemap, because I operated under the context "if it isn't broke don't fix it". My traffic from Google died out since the whole Pandora shuffle. Could not having a sitemap have caused my site to be penalized? I submitted a sitemap just today.

Thanks

tedster

4:24 am on Jul 16, 2011 (gmt 0)

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No, I can 100% guarantee you that not having a sitemap is not a cause for a penalty.

topr8

5:30 am on Jul 16, 2011 (gmt 0)

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yes, i haven't made a single sitemap (submitted to G) for any of my sites,

there is no way lack of one causes a penalty.

chrisv1963

6:32 am on Jul 16, 2011 (gmt 0)

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Could not having a sitemap have caused my site to be penalized?


No, I don't think so.
Only one of my websites got hit by Panda, and it is the only site WITH a sitemap.

mzadorian

9:16 am on Jul 16, 2011 (gmt 0)

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I crossing my fingers chrisv1963 is right, because we have a lot of unique content...and inbound natural links

tangor

9:27 am on Jul 16, 2011 (gmt 0)

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Sitemaps are optional... no requirement to have one... and I've never used one.

Sgt_Kickaxe

2:48 pm on Jul 16, 2011 (gmt 0)



I had a site with a sitemap for years and about 2 weeks ago I removed it for performance reasons (big site). I observed absolutely no loss in traffic.