Bit of a philosophical question.
If you have a public website with a site map. Should the site map reference itself?
I can't think of any reason it should but was thinking in terms of accessibility etc or something I had overlooked.
A:
sure, why not, actually, if it is, then one can use it to refer to the site map in the future (that is, to know where to find the site map next time fetching the site).
Tzury Bar Yochay
2009-09-10 10:58:16
In that case, what is wrong with a 301 redirect if you decided to move the SiteMap?
RichardOD
2009-09-10 11:06:22
+1
A:
The site map is a part of the site itself, as well as the summary of the site's layout; so yes I, personally, include a reference to the site map in the site map. I'm aware that there are some that feel a web-page should not link to itself, though I think that's more relevant -to avoid confusing users- in a breadcrumb trail than here.
It's an interesting question; I'm curious to see what others think.
David Thomas
2009-09-10 11:03:34