Hi;
Could you please check if it is true or not? (I've attached an image)
I submitted a standart sitemap and an image sitemap.
But the image sitemap has also web links which are same with the standart sitemap in addition to image links?
Is this the usual situation?

thank you

Hi onur,

yes of course the images sitemap has web links + images links to be compliant to the standard XML format: https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/178636?hl=en

This is a sample XML document for images sitemaps:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"> <url> <loc>http://example.com/sample.html</loc> <image:image> <image:loc>http://example.com/image.jpg</image:loc> </image:image> <image:image> <image:loc>http://example.com/photo.jpg</image:loc> </image:image> </url> </urlset>

SIncerely, John

So I understand that there is no problem to send 2 sitemaps those contain same links?
thanks

Yes of course, you need to submit both sitemaps that are done for different purpouse

Cheers

It may be detailed in the help document but I read it and still have some basic questions to be clarified:

when I use ajax precache feature the sitemap doesn't add new content itself. I have to use the start button near sitemap link to update sitemap links. Is it true?

What happens when I disable caching after creating a large image sitemap? Does it update itself automaticaly?

Hello,

the precache feature and AJAX generation is meant to be used when the realtime generation is not possible, for example huge sitemaps or images sitemap with a lot of links that would result in too much time to complete.

Yes, when the sitemap is generated through AJAX steps and cached, you need to start a new precaching process to refresh it.

If you delete or disable the precaching feature the sitemap is again generated in realtime and it updates itself automatically.

Greetings,

John