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    Has anyone had problems with Google Sitemaps?

    I have noticed a significant downturn on some of my search traffic on one of my
    sites - ( Gotokeywest.com) and just checked the Sitemaps area of my Google account -
    they have 63 of my URLs as unreachable - and I seem to have totally dropped off the
    map on all of my previously highly ranking search terms since ( even the items they
    are showing as high ranking - when I click on the term in the interface - I am nowhere to be
    found in the ensuing results)

    Should I delete my sitemap and re-submit? Anyone have this happen?
    • CommentAuthorDenis
    • CommentTimeApr 12th 2007
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    The sitemap is automatically regenerated with every new post or page. is it accurate for your site?

    D.

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    Denis -

    I believe so - yes. I just recently verified and submitted through the Google
    webmaster admin - prior to that I had just been posting without really worrying
    about sitemap.

    I deleted the site map from within my Google account - as - after posting here - I
    did a quick search online - and there are *many* comments on different forums (digital point, et al - of
    people who have suffered the exact same fate - after submitting sitemap to google -
    which seems counter-intuitive, but - no question - for whatever reason, has hurt my
    traffic on previously high ranking keyword phrases.
    • CommentAuthorDenis
    • CommentTimeApr 13th 2007
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    I understand Google's ranking algorithm is increasingly taking a trust index into account, which makes the traffic come and go as sites that link to yours get reassigned a new trust ranking. I've a relative who is running a couple of AdSense sites, and he sees some of his sites' traffic plunge for no appearant reason every now and then. I'm guessing it's the same issue on your site.

    D.