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	5	edited tags \| link	edited Apr 23 '15 at 12:47 John Conde♦ 84.3k16 gold badges134 silver badges232 bronze badges
seo sitemap xml-sitemap

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inline side-by-side side-by-side markdown Does an XML sitemap have to be linked to from "normal" site pages? Are there standard sitemap name and location where bots look for it so that I wouldn't need to link to it? Can I just put it in document root, for example, and give it some standard name? Does it completely depend on particular web crawler? Does an XML sitemap have to be linked to from "normal" site pages? Are there standard sitemap name and location where bots look for it so that I wouldn't need to link to it? Can I just put in document root, for example, and give it some standard name? Does an XML sitemap have to be linked to from "normal" site pages? Are there standard sitemap name and location where bots look for it so that I wouldn't need to link to it? Can I just put it in document root and give it some standard name? Does it completely depend on particular web crawler?

	3	grammar source \| link	edited Apr 23 '15 at 11:20 Stephen Ostermiller♦ 75.3k14 gold badges105 silver badges270 bronze badges
inline side-by-side side-by-side markdown Do I need to provide a link to xmlan XML sitemap from pages? Does an XML sitemap have to be linked to from "normal" site pages? Are there standard sitemap name and location where bots look for it so that I wouldn't need to link to it? Can I just put in document root, for example, and give it some standard name? Do I need to provide a link to xml sitemap from pages? Does XML sitemap have to be linked to from "normal" site pages? Are there standard sitemap name and location where bots look for it so that I wouldn't need to link to it? Can I just put in document root, for example, and give it some standard name? Do I need to provide a link to an XML sitemap from pages? Does an XML sitemap have to be linked to from "normal" site pages? Are there standard sitemap name and location where bots look for it so that I wouldn't need to link to it? Can I just put in document root, for example, and give it some standard name?

		Post Reopened by Stephen Ostermiller♦	occurred Apr 23 '15 at 11:20

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		Post Closed as "Needs details or clarity" by Stephen Ostermiller♦	occurred Apr 23 '15 at 11:16

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