The New York Times references its sitemap in robotsxt and separates out formats like video or news. It even goes a step further and has sitemaps for specific categories, like cooking or elections.
XML sitemap for timely events because you need to know how fast Google is fetching your content and whether it can index all of it without any problems.
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Walmart has similar categories, which makes sense for nepal mobile database an e-commerce site. It has a Master XML sitemap for topics and categories.
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As you can see in the screenshot below, topic splitting allows Walmart to see how Google indexes different areas of the site, such as fashion or entertainment.
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