one sitemap file to images/videos/urls/mobile

Question

My web site is writing sitemaps dynamically when a user created a post. But I have a problem with sitemap types. I have to write separately to sitemap_image.xml,sitemap_url.xml,sitemap_video.xml files when a user write a post and upload images and videos to it.

My Question is:-

Can I write all things to one sitemap file under google SEO rules.?

Example

<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" 
xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"
xmlns:video="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-video/1.1">
   <url>
      <loc>http://www.example.com/page1.html</loc>
      <image:image>
         <image:loc>http://example.com/photo.jpg</image:loc>
         <image:title>Grey cat on the table</image:title>
         <image:license>https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/</image:license>
         <image:geo_location>Berlin, Germany</image:geo_location>
         <image:caption>Funny cat on the table is looking at photographer.</image:caption>
      </image:image>
      <video:video>            
         <video:thumbnail_loc>http://example.com/thumb1.jpg
         </video: thumbnail_loc>
         <video:title>Clown in the garden</video:title>
         <video:description>Crazy clown is riding a rabbit.</video:description>    
         <video:content_loc>http://www.example.com/video1.mp4</video:content_loc>
      </video:video>
   </url>
</urlset>

Thanks in advanced for any help and sorry for my bad english.

Answer 1

You should be able to have one sitemap that includes pages, images and video. It is likely a better format to have 3 different sitemaps for each type, but if this is taking up a lot of constraints on your server, then one sitemap for all should be valid.

You can use a separate sitemap to list images, or you can add image information to an existing sitemap. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/178636?hl=en

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Here is a more complex sitemap that includes a single URL, as well as image and video file information for resources on that page:

xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"
xmlns:video="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-video/1.1">

<loc>http://www.example.com/foo.html</loc> 
<image:image>
   <image:loc>http://example.com/image.jpg</image:loc>
   <image:caption>Dogs playing poker</image:caption>
</image:image>
<video:video>
  <video:content_loc>
    http://www.example.com/video123.flv
  </video:content_loc>
  <video:player_loc allow_embed="yes" autoplay="ap=1">
    http://www.example.com/videoplayer.swf?video=123
  </video:player_loc>
  <video:thumbnail_loc>
    http://www.example.com/thumbs/123.jpg
  </video:thumbnail_loc>
  <video:title>Grilling steaks for summer</video:title>  
  <video:description>
    Cook the perfect steak every time.
  </video:description>
</video:video>   </url> </urlset>

source: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/183668?hl=en&ref_topic=4581190 under XML dropdown