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Do I Need an Image Sitemap?

         

Hary_Singh

6:13 am on Apr 18, 2024 (gmt 0)



Can anyone tell what is the benefit of Image Sitemap?
Or Is it necessary to create a image sitemap?

I am running a ecommerce website and there is almost lakhs of live images in website. So, is it good to create image sitemap or leave it?

Someone help me on this topic

SEO Learner 04

8:00 am on Apr 18, 2024 (gmt 0)

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I think you don't need it..as g spiders crawl them in many ways..but if you have any images that you don't want the g crawlers to get crawled, just use robot file..

Hary_Singh

4:33 am on Apr 20, 2024 (gmt 0)



Sorry for inconvenience. I am not satisfy with that answer.
I want to crawl and index my all images in my website. So, can i need a image sitemap?

If anyone have any idea then please help me :)

not2easy

4:58 am on Apr 20, 2024 (gmt 0)

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Google offers information on what to submit in sitemaps and how they should be created: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/sitemaps/build-sitemap

If your interest is for mobile visitors, they offer information here: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/mobile/mobile-sites-mobile-first-indexing

If the images you hope to index are product images found on multiple sites, I would not trouble creating a separate sitemap for such images. If the images are unique and proprietary, then it could be beneficial.

tangor

9:13 am on Apr 21, 2024 (gmt 0)

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OTOH, websites (old and new) have operated just fine with no sitemaps at all.

Just something to think about.

lucy24

5:05 pm on Apr 21, 2024 (gmt 0)

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Do I Need an Image Sitemap?
No.

jacelynsia

7:02 am on May 8, 2024 (gmt 0)



Yes, an image sitemap is beneficial for improving the visibility of your images in search engine results, helping search engines discover and index them more effectively, enhancing your website's overall SEO performance.