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Phil Payne  
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 More options Jul 4, 7:24 am
From: Phil Payne
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:24:10 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, Jul 4 2008 7:24 am
Subject: Re: Sitemap.xml Warnings - Please help

> What is the best way to deal with this issue? Currently, when listings
> are removed from the site,  we do a 302 redirect to my main search
> page. The propblem is that Google seems to have a delay between
> reading my sitemap and indexing which causes the "too many redirects"
> warning.

That's exactly what's happening.  The solution is to change the
sitemap when each page is deleted and reload the sitemap.  Perhaps a
submission as well, though I'll have to think about that.

At any given instant, the copy of the sitemap held by Google should
_exactly_ reflect the _physical_ pages on the site.

I wonder whether you might be better off serving a 404 server response
code for removed pages with a custom error page apologising for the
entry not being there and offering search facilities?  It's less
confusing for the user than going straight to a search page without an
explanation and technically better than a 302, which implies the page
may return in the future.

"News" sitemaps are a lot closer to what's going on with your site
than standard sitemaps are.


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