With generatesitemap.php I created the following files:
site_dir/sitemap/sitemap-index-example.com.xml
site_dir/sitemap/sitemap-example.com-NS_0-0.xml.gz
site_dir/sitemap/sitemap-example.com-NS_10-0.xml.gz
site_dir/sitemap/sitemap-example.com-NS_14-0.xml.gz
site_dir/sitemap/sitemap-example.com-NS_4-0.xml.gz
site_dir/sitemap/sitemap-example.com-NS_8-0.xml.gz
All these files have -rw-r--r--
so they are accessible to be read by search engines, but I'd like to ask, after not finding clear information in this manual page:
How search engines should find XML and GZ files?
- Should I link towards them from the HTML body of the homepage or sidebar menu?
- In Google search console I can add just one file - should I add all 6 or just one?
Thanks,