I am wondering about site maps...

is it best to submit the sitemap with the www or is that important any longer?

I have two sitemaps already generated (one with one without) I am not sure which is the best to use

thanks so much for your answer in advance
Kimberly

i just received an error message from them the following

Leading whitespace
We've detected that your Sitemap file begins with whitespace. We've accepted the file, but you may want to remove the whitespace so that the file adheres to the XML standard

can someone tell me what their talking about I dont see any white spaces

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I am getting so confused I dont see any white

whitespace = blank lines

thank you for answering - yes I know white is a space but there are none on my site map!!


still my original question is posed.....

is it best to do a site map with

www.yousitename
or
yoursitename

does it matter any longer?

thanks in advance

it depends.

which ever one you use as your main URL is the one you should use.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

it depends.

which ever one you use as your main URL is the one you should use.

can you please explain "depends"??

thanks in advance

Originally Posted by yorkiepassion

can you please explain "depends"??

thanks in advance

Yep ...

Originally Posted by chrishirst

which ever one you use as your main URL is the one you should use.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Yep ...

haha. you beat me by a few seconds, I was quoting you when I saw you already replied.

OP, In case you don't get chris' comment:

if your main url is www.yourdomain.com, then use the www for your sitemap. If your main url is domain.com, then use the non www version.
My bet is that you still have both versions on your domain so you should fix that first with a 301 redirect