The XML Sitemap file is like a directory of all web pages that exist on your website or blog. Search engines like Google and Bing can use these sitemap files to discover pages on your site that the search bots may have otherwise missed during regular crawling.
This method is valid for both regular Blogger blogs (that use a .blogspot.com address) and also the self-hosted Blogger blogs that use a custom domain.
Types of Sitemaps
- Basic Web pages
- Video Sitemaps
- Image Sitemaps
- News Sitemaps
How to Generate an XML Sitemap
- Goto xml-sitemaps generator site.
- Simply enter your website URL (e.g., http://technewsbit.blogspot.com/ ).
- Press Start, the system crawls your site, then provides you with downloadable site map.
Before you submit your sitemap to google and bing (don't need to worry about Yahoo), But to make sure all search engines can find it, you should also reference sitemaps in you robots.txt file
Add Sitemap to Your Website
- Go to google webmaster tools. Create an account on google if you don't have one.
- Sign-in and you will be taken straight to webmasters account.
- Start by clicking add a site button, type your website domain name (include www) and click continue
- Now google wants you to prove that you own this site, and provides several ways to do this.
- Add a DNS record to your domain configuration
- Link to your google analytics account
- add a meta tag to your site's home page
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6. In Google webmaster tools, Click on your previously added website and navigate to Sitemaps under Site configuration menu.
7. Type sitemap.xml in the field and click on Submit Sitemap.
Google will load that sitemap and often will check it immediately. Google will read your sitemap and use it to help find its way around your website but it will also provide interesting information about your site. Give it some time to collect information.
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