Download
We're evolving to serve you better! This current forum has transitioned to read-only mode. For new discussions, support, and engagement, we've moved to GitHub Discussions.

News Websites with Publii

  • #7154
    Avatar photo[anonymous]

    News websites have a specific sitemap format as described by google https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/sitemaps/news-sitemap

    But I see Publii create the standard sitemap for articles.

    Is it possible to create a custom google news sitemap with Publii.

    It will also be great to change the type of structured data from Article to NewsArticle.

    <script type=”application/ld+json”>{“@context”:”http://schema.org&#8221;,”@type”:”Article“,”mainEntityOfPage”:{“@type”:”WebPage”,”@id”………

    #7155
    Avatar photoBob

    what benefits do you see with this change?

    #7156
    Avatar photo[anonymous]

    SEO Advantages, google treats News articles differently as compared to normal Articles.

    With my previous blog experiments, I have found that if we follow best practices for news articles they get listed and indexed very fast and have a wider reach.

    #7159
    Avatar photoBob

    Following the Google guide:

    “Sites with a News sitemap aren’t favored in ranking results. Google News uses normal crawl methods to search and label the homepages and sections of all news sites, regardless of the availability of a News sitemap”

    I don’t know if it is worth the effort at this stage of News sitemap implementation. Maybe in the future or as a plugin, who knows 🙂

    #7160
    Avatar photo[anonymous]

    Thanks, let me see the live results again. 🙂