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Re-Running The Sitemap Generator - Do I need To?

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    Re-Running The Sitemap Generator - Do I need To?

    I have been cleaning my forum and I have deleted many posts and threads.

    When I do this, do I need to delete my sitemap XMLs and re-run my sitemap generator?

    What is the best way to handle this?

    Maybe i should redirect the threads and posts in the future instead and move them in to a junk folder perhaps?

    I know Google will have a fit because of indexed URLs but I have no choice if I want a clean board.

    Suggestions anyone?

    Thanks in advance!

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    The pages will 404 and eventually drop out of the index. It shouldn't pose a problem.

    But yes, when you do major changes that remove urls, its always best to delete xml.gz files from data/ and re-run the sitemap generator when complete.

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    Thanks a lot for the info Brian!

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