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This SOP is a work in progress. If you notice anything that is out of date, could be more clear or could be more efficient please update the SOP or add a comment to start a conversation.

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Ampersands: due to the formatting of sitemaps, all ampersands in a URL must be changed to & so it can be properly read.

& -> &

For example:

https://www.rivamiami.com/--inventory?category=atv&make=yamaha

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https://www.rivamiami.com/--inventory?category=atv&make=yamaha

Complete example to be added to the sitemap:

<url><loc>https://www.rivamiami.com/--inventory?category=atv&amp;make=yamaha</loc><changefreq>monthly</changefreq><priority>1.00</priority></url>

To update the Sitemap on our platforms, follow the procedure below:

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titleDealer Spike Sitemap Update Procedure

  1. To edit your sitemap, open Notepad++, locate your client’s folder, open the “content” folder, and then you should see a file called “sitemap.xml”

  2. Add your URLs by following the “complete example” format above.

  3. Save the file and open it in your browser: https://www.domain.com/content/sitemap.xml. It will immediately tell you if there are any errors and will tell you specifically which line so it’s easy to identify. 

  4. If you added a lot of URLs, it would be wise to resubmit it in Google Search Console. You can skip the “generate a sitemap” steps and start at “submit your sitemap to Google”.

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