Title: Google XML Sitemaps question
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Google XML Sitemaps question

 *  [Robye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robye/)
 * (@robye)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-xml-sitemaps-question-1/)
 * Im using “Google XML Sitemaps” plugin of [http://www.arnebrachhold.de](http://www.arnebrachhold.de)
   that generate and submit a sitemap.xml.gz to Google and co. , but also i have
   a Google webmaster tools account and i’ve submited the also generated sitemap.
   xml trought it (Google webmaster tools)..maybe was enought the submition of the
   sitemap.xml.gz by the plugin?.. should be the second submition unnecessary or
   maybe harmful ?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-xml-sitemaps-question-1/#post-1787262)
 * Possibly unnecessary but it shouldn’t cause any harm.
 *  Thread Starter [Robye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robye/)
 * (@robye)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-xml-sitemaps-question-1/#post-1787389)
 * i mean harmufull because the same pages are submitted 2 time (27 + 27) and i 
   dont want that Google penalize it for some reason
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-xml-sitemaps-question-1/#post-1787456)
 * I don’t think it will penalize you.

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 * [sitemap.xml](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sitemap-xml/)

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-xml-sitemaps-question-1/#post-1787456)
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