: Difference between robots.txt and sitemaps index file Do I need a sitemap index file if I have multiple sitemaps? At the moment I just specify multiple sitemaps in my robots.txt, is the equal

Do I need a sitemap index file if I have multiple sitemaps?

At the moment I just specify multiple sitemaps in my robots.txt, is the equal to having the index file?

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Technically yes, but it isn't the most efficient - for several reasons:

Multiple instructions as opposed to one
Inability to assign priority or freshness (using timestamps)
Requires more manual maintenance when updating/changing both the robots.txt file and Google/Bing webmaster tools etc

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