Are sitemaps bad for movie streaming websites?

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acctap

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Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on building my own movie streaming website, taking it from zero to hero. I’ve developed my own CMS and even integrated a custom alternative to tools like Radarr/Sonarr, sourcing content from a private tracker and more.

While browsing my future competitors’ websites, I noticed that most of them either don’t have a sitemap at all or only include a partial sitemap that doesn’t cover every individual movie on their website.

This got me thinking if they are doing this to minimize DMCA reports? Or could it be that search engines get mad about it? Maybe something else?
 
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My opinion is, I always seo map everything for seo purposes.

God, if I was selling crack to the fbi, I'd still be mapping it out for them.
 
Mapping everything is like leaving breadcrumbs for hungry lawyers. Bad agents love a good trail to follow...
 
acctap said:
Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on building my own movie streaming website, taking it from zero to hero. I’ve developed my own CMS and even integrated a custom alternative to tools like Radarr/Sonarr, sourcing content from a private tracker and more.

While browsing my future competitors’ websites, I noticed that most of them either don’t have a sitemap at all or only include a partial sitemap that doesn’t cover every individual movie on their website.

This got me thinking if they are doing this to minimize DMCA reports? Or could it be that search engines get mad about it? Maybe something else?
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There are dmca strikedown bots on the internet. These bots make millions of automated queries on search engines to discover websites that post their client's copyrighted content.

When you have your sitemap public, one such bot will simply head over to *yourwebsite.tld/sitemaps.xml* and start filing hundreds of automated dmca takedowns.

So yes, your suspicions that this is to minimize dmca takedowns, is correct.
 
Ashk881 said:
There are dmca strikedown bots on the internet. These bots make millions of automated queries on search engines to discover websites that post their client's copyrighted content.

When you have your sitemap public, one such bot will simply head over to *yourwebsite.tld/sitemaps.xml* and start filing hundreds of automated dmca takedowns.

So yes, your suspicions that this is to minimize dmca takedowns, is correct.
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This is why it's good to use an offshore bullet who gives a fook hosting for a movie site.
 
Mister Ghost said:
This is why it's good to use an offshore bullet who gives a fook hosting for a movie site.
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I was planning to host on dmca ignored hosting + another dmca ignored hosting as a reverse proxy and cloudflare in front. In that case I don't have to worry about it?
 
acctap said:
I was planning to host on dmca ignored hosting + another dmca ignored hosting as a reverse proxy and cloudflare in front. In that case I don't have to worry about it?
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Yes I'd get it hosted in a country where they don't give a dam about takedowns.
 
acctap said:
Hi everyone,

I’m currently working on building my own movie streaming website, taking it from zero to hero. I’ve developed my own CMS and even integrated a custom alternative to tools like Radarr/Sonarr, sourcing content from a private tracker and more.

While browsing my future competitors’ websites, I noticed that most of them either don’t have a sitemap at all or only include a partial sitemap that doesn’t cover every individual movie on their website.

This got me thinking if they are doing this to minimize DMCA reports? Or could it be that search engines get mad about it? Maybe something else?
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Sitemaps are ALWAYS useful. So you should always USE THEM.
 
You can reduce the likelihood of being discovered and having a DMCA report filed by copyright holders by not listing every movie in your site's full sitemap, which may help you avoid legal issues.
 
I personally don't use sitemaps unless they come as part of a CMS. Your internal linking should be all you need to direct bots in the right direction. I suppose a sitemap would be the lowest hanging fruit for a DMCA bot to look for potential infringements, but without proof that's what they're doing it's conjecture.
 
If you hide the map how do you consider to be found?
 
GenesisOne said:
If you hide the map how do you consider to be found?
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Decent internal linking and site structure. If a user can find their way around the site via html anchors, so should a bot.
 
Sitemaps themselves are not bad for movie streaming websites, but the way they are used can have implications for SEO, particularly with regard to how search engines view the content on these sites. Let's break it down a bit.
 
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