Google: Keep Old Redirected URLs In Sitemaps Files Temporarily

Google's John Mueller said again on Twitter that you should only keep old URLs that have been redirected elsewhere in your XML sitemap file temporarily and not long term. John has said this a few times before - but now John is saying keep them there for one to three months, as opposed to less than six months.

from Search Engine Roundtable https://ift.tt/wE3oYLg