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August 31, 2005
If you've created and submitted Sitemaps for your non-mobile pages, or just want to submit a
mobile Sitemap for the first time, here are a few helpful tips to help you get started:
Identify your mobile Sitemaps content
If you have content other than XHTML mobile profile, WML, and cHTML, you should create a
separate non-mobile Sitemap for those and submit it using the Add a Sitemap page.
If your site serves multiple mobile markup languages, you should create a separate mobile
Sitemap for each markup language.
If you have URLs that serve multiple markup languages, you should include those URLs in each
mobile Sitemap that applies. For instance, if you have a URL that serves both XHTML and WML
content, include that URL in two mobile Sitemaps, one for each markup language.
If you have a large site and use Sitemap index files to manage a large number of mobile
Sitemaps, make sure that each Sitemap index file only includes mobile Sitemaps for one markup
language.
Create your mobile Sitemaps
You can create mobile Sitemaps in
the same way as other Sitemaps. The only format not supported is OAI-PMH.
If you are submitting a syndication feed, and the URLs listed in that feed serve multiple markup
languages, decide which markup language fits best. You can't submit the syndication feed
multiple times, each for a different markup language, since each Sitemap (within the same
directory) must have a unique name.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],[],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis post provides guidance on creating and submitting mobile Sitemaps to Google for improved indexing of mobile content.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eSitemaps should be tailored to different mobile markup languages like XHTML, WML, and cHTML, with separate Sitemaps for each.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eLarge sites can utilize Sitemap index files, but each index file should only contain Sitemaps for one markup language.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eSubmit your mobile Sitemaps through Google Search Console, specifying the relevant markup language.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["Content concerns submitting mobile Sitemaps. Key actions include identifying mobile content and creating separate Sitemaps for different markup languages (XHTML, WML, cHTML), including URLs that serve multiple languages in each applicable Sitemap. Users create them like other Sitemaps, excluding OAI-PMH format, and should uniquely name them. After creating them, users should log in to their Google Account and submit the Sitemaps, specifying the markup language. The mobile type will then appear in the user's sitemap list.\n"],null,["# Submitting mobile Sitemaps\n\n| It's been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some images may be missing, and some links may not work anymore).\n\nAugust 31, 2005\n\n\nIf you've created and submitted Sitemaps for your non-mobile pages, or just want to submit a\nmobile Sitemap for the first time, here are a few helpful tips to help you get started:\n\nIdentify your mobile Sitemaps content\n-------------------------------------\n\n- If you have content other than XHTML mobile profile, WML, and cHTML, you should create a separate non-mobile Sitemap for those and submit it using the Add a Sitemap page.\n- If your site serves multiple mobile markup languages, you should create a separate mobile Sitemap for each markup language.\n- If you have URLs that serve multiple markup languages, you should include those URLs in each mobile Sitemap that applies. For instance, if you have a URL that serves both XHTML and WML content, include that URL in two mobile Sitemaps, one for each markup language.\n- If you have a large site and use Sitemap index files to manage a large number of mobile Sitemaps, make sure that each Sitemap index file only includes mobile Sitemaps for one markup language.\n\nCreate your mobile Sitemaps\n---------------------------\n\n- You can [create mobile Sitemaps](/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/overview) in the same way as other Sitemaps. The only format not supported is OAI-PMH.\n- If you are submitting a syndication feed, and the URLs listed in that feed serve multiple markup languages, decide which markup language fits best. You can't submit the syndication feed multiple times, each for a different markup language, since each Sitemap (within the same directory) must have a unique name.\n\nSubmit your mobile Sitemaps\n---------------------------\n\n- Once you've created your Sitemap, log in to your Google Account and [submit it](/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/build-sitemap#addsitemap) using the [Add a Mobile Sitemap page](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7451001).\n- Specify the markup language that the URLs listed in the mobile Sitemap serve.\n- Once you've submitted the mobile Sitemap it will be listed on your My Sitemaps page as a \"Mobile\" type.\n\nPosted by [Vanessa Fox](https://www.vanessafox.com/)"]]
