By themba on

I am using XML Sitemap module and have a problem with the changefreq, I noticed that Google is listing less and less of my urls in the sitemap and some of the "experts" at Google is saying that my changefreq is partly to blame for this.

My problem is that pages that dont change much has a changefreq of ALWAYS even though it hasnt been changed in months
floorsonline.co.za/sitemap.xml

<url>
<loc>http://www.floorsonline.co.za/contact-us</loc>
<lastmod>2009-09-17T23:50:10+00:00</lastmod>
<changefreq>always</changefreq>
<priority>0.5</priority>
</url>

I have seen in previous posts that it is not possible to change the changefreq and would appreciate any help as I am dreading doing the sitemap by hand every week.

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Daemon_Byte’s picture

Daemon_Byte commented

I'm not familiar enough with the sitemap but couldn't you set a cron job to run once a week that uses wget or something to access your xmlsitemap, store it as a stactic xml file and give the address to that stactic file to google? It's hassle and not ideal but it would save you from doing it manually at least.

dave reid’s picture

dave reid
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commented

What version of the module are you using?

I doubt these experts are correct. The changefreq is supposed to only be a 'suggestion' and my guess is Google would just ignore those values if it thinks they are suspect.