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From: Andrew Morton on 14 Jun 2010 04:22
Cal Who wrote:
> I believe that it will do no good with out the file, but it is not
> that simple. There was a video that showed how to install the
> software and he made a point of changing that line to insert the
> correct domain and remove the #.
>
> Is an .axd file something I could generate or better, have vs
> generate?

There is no need for it to be a file ending in .axd; there are many examples
of generating sitemaps at
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=asp.net+generate+sitemap

--
Andrew


From: Cal Who on 14 Jun 2010 09:03

"Andrew Morton" <akm(a)in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
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> Cal Who wrote:
>> I believe that it will do no good with out the file, but it is not
>> that simple. There was a video that showed how to install the
>> software and he made a point of changing that line to insert the
>> correct domain and remove the #.
>>
>> Is an .axd file something I could generate or better, have vs
>> generate?
>
> There is no need for it to be a file ending in .axd; there are many
> examples of generating sitemaps at
> http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=asp.net+generate+sitemap
>
> --
> Andrew
>

Thanks for the links. I think I understand now. The author expect that the
user (me) would understand about generating a site map and simply made a
point of showing that the robots file needed to be updated.

Thanks


From: Cal Who on 14 Jun 2010 09:05

"Harlan Messinger" <h.usenetremoverthis(a)gavelcade.com> wrote in message
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> Cal Who wrote:
>> "Andrew Morton" <akm(a)in-press.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:87esg6F5toU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>> Cal Who wrote:
>>>> I'm sorry, I should have said that I'm suppose to remove the # and
>>>> insert my address.
>>>> But what good will it do if the file is not present.
>>> It will do no good. That line is entirely optional. It is only an
>>> example; probably the someone else grabbed an example robots.txt and
>>> left those lines in.
>>>
>>> Google's info on sitemaps is at
>>> http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/topic.py?topic=8476
>>>
>>> and Yahoo!'s is out there somewhere too.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>
>> I believe that it will do no good with out the file, but it is not that
>> simple. There was a video that showed how to install the software and he
>> made a point of changing that line to insert the correct domain and
>> remove the #.
>
> "There" where? Whose video? Made for what audience? The video was not a
> commandment from The Lord Himself to every creature that creepeth and
> maketh a robots.txt. The line with a file of that name only serves a
> purpose if you have a file by that name. Since sitemap.axd pertains to
> Google Sitemaps, it stands to reason that if you aren't using Google
> Sitemaps, *you won't have one* and you don't need to follow Google's
> instructions for implementing Google Sitemaps.
>>

I think I understand now. The author expect that the user (me) would
understand about generating a site map and simply made a point of showing
that the robots file needed to be updated.

Thanks


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