Sitemaps for PDL Prism Sites
Xinjiang Shao
Team M8's
2020/09/29
Why improve our Sitemaps?
- Our websites are large. Our dynamic single sitemap structure timeout, share 1 service location with all brands
- Help search engines to set the right time, priority to crawl
- Help with Image Searches
- SPA (Single Page Apps) are not well linked with href
What kind?
Overall Structure for Sitemaps
What has been done?
- Products, Categories, Images Sitemaps
- Compressed with GZip
- Update Daily at Midnight Every Day for 4 Brands
- Martins' is live for static pages, Other brands are an ongoing process
- The initial set of site maps for Products and Category is live last week, Image sitemap is planned to be released next week
Measure it
- Size Difference
- Overall stats on how many products and categories are generated
- GA stats and Google Search Console stats
Comparison
| Site Map | Before Compressed | After Compressed | URL Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Products | 5.9M | 371K | 25078 |
| Categories | 525K | 21K | 2706 |
| Images | 20M | 1.7M | 26184 |
| Index | 647B | 256B | 3 |
A snapshot of MRTN's Sitemap on Sep 28, 2020
Google Search Console
