: Can I submit duplicate image, video, and content sitemaps to Google Webmaster Tools? Can I submit 3 duplicate sitemaps (image, video, content) which have same URLs to Google Webmaster Tools? Image

@Cooney921

No, you can't submit the exact same sitemap (same syntax, same URLs), and expect Google to sort out what kinds of assets you're trying to identify.

If you submit a sitemap that you intend to be for your videos, and it doesn't have the required Video sitemap syntax, and contain the required video-specific tags, Google won't see it as a video sitemap. It's just a duplicate sitemap.

If you want the benefit of better discovery, better indexation, etc, that comes with submitting a sitemap, you have to follow the syntax exactly. Bing have stated that if the error rate on a sitemap exceeds 1%, they begin to treat it as "untrusted".

Video sitemaps: support.google.com/webmasters/answer/80472?hl=en
Image sitemaps: support.google.com/webmasters/answer/178636?hl=en

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