Generate and Submit XML Sitemap - Submitting an XML Sitemap
Taking the time to generate and submit an XML sitemap to the major search engines is important because you are essentially telling the search engines: "here are all of the pages my website conatins". An XML sitemap makes it easy for Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask to find all of the pages on your website - without the sitemap you must rely on the search engines finding and spidering your pages on their own.
This article will explain how to generate an XML sitemap and how to submit an XML sitemap to the four most popular search engines: Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask.
This article will explain how to generate an XML sitemap and how to submit an XML sitemap to the four most popular search engines: Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask.
Generate XML Sitemap - Simple Process of Generating an XML Sitemap
As long as your website conatins less than 500 pages, you can generate an XML sitemap for free at XML-Sitemaps.com. All you really need to do is enter your website URL and click "Start". You don't have to worry about Frequency or Page Priority. I typically use the Server's Response for the last modification. Once your XML sitemap generation is complete, simply copy and paste the code into Notepad and save the file with a .xml extension(for example sitemap.xml). The last step is to upload your XML sitemap to the root directory of your domain(for example zzzzzz.com/sitemap.xml).
Submit XML Sitemap - Steps for Submitting an XML Sitemap
After you have generated an XML sitemap all you have to do is submit it to Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask. The big 3 search engines(Google, Yahoo, and Bing) have "Webmaster Tools" where you can easily submit an XML sitemap. Here's how to create a "Webmaster Tools" account with the big 3 search engines plus how to ping Ask with your XML sitemap file:
Submit XML sitemap to Google - Go to Google Webmaster Tools and login or create an account. After you login you will need to add a site and verify you are the owner. Then select the site for which you want to submit an XML sitemap and then click on "Site Configuration" followed by "Sitemaps". Click on "Submit a Sitemap" and enter the filename of the XML sitemap that you generated and uploaded to your root directory. Click "Submit Sitemap" to submit your XML sitemap to Google.
Submit XML sitemap to Yahoo - Go to Yahoo Site Explorer and login or create an account. After you login you will need to add a site and authenticate you are the owner. Then select the site for which you want to submit an XML sitemap and then click on "Feeds". Enter the filename of the XML sitemap that you generated and uploaded to your root directory. Click "Add Feed" to submit your XML sitemap to Yahoo.
Submit XML sitemap to Bing - Go to Bing Webmaster Tools and login or create an account. After you login you will need to add a site and verify you are the owner. Then select the site for which you want to submit an XML sitemap and then click on "Sitemaps". Enter the filename of the XML sitemap that you generated and uploaded to your root directory. Click "Submit" to submit your XML sitemap to Bing.
Submit XML sitemap to Ask - Simple enter the following URL into your browser address bar and hit enter:
submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http%3A//www.the URL of your sitemap here.xml
If you would like further details on verifying your website with Google, Yahoo, and Bing plus the importance of XML sitemap generation and XML sitemap submission then check out day 7 of the free Site Build It! Action Guide which is worth reading or watching even is you use other services to design and host your website - if you have never created a website before then definitely give the SBI Action Guide a look or read.
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As long as your website conatins less than 500 pages, you can generate an XML sitemap for free at XML-Sitemaps.com. All you really need to do is enter your website URL and click "Start". You don't have to worry about Frequency or Page Priority. I typically use the Server's Response for the last modification. Once your XML sitemap generation is complete, simply copy and paste the code into Notepad and save the file with a .xml extension(for example sitemap.xml). The last step is to upload your XML sitemap to the root directory of your domain(for example zzzzzz.com/sitemap.xml).
Submit XML Sitemap - Steps for Submitting an XML Sitemap
After you have generated an XML sitemap all you have to do is submit it to Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask. The big 3 search engines(Google, Yahoo, and Bing) have "Webmaster Tools" where you can easily submit an XML sitemap. Here's how to create a "Webmaster Tools" account with the big 3 search engines plus how to ping Ask with your XML sitemap file:
Submit XML sitemap to Google - Go to Google Webmaster Tools and login or create an account. After you login you will need to add a site and verify you are the owner. Then select the site for which you want to submit an XML sitemap and then click on "Site Configuration" followed by "Sitemaps". Click on "Submit a Sitemap" and enter the filename of the XML sitemap that you generated and uploaded to your root directory. Click "Submit Sitemap" to submit your XML sitemap to Google.
Submit XML sitemap to Yahoo - Go to Yahoo Site Explorer and login or create an account. After you login you will need to add a site and authenticate you are the owner. Then select the site for which you want to submit an XML sitemap and then click on "Feeds". Enter the filename of the XML sitemap that you generated and uploaded to your root directory. Click "Add Feed" to submit your XML sitemap to Yahoo.
Submit XML sitemap to Bing - Go to Bing Webmaster Tools and login or create an account. After you login you will need to add a site and verify you are the owner. Then select the site for which you want to submit an XML sitemap and then click on "Sitemaps". Enter the filename of the XML sitemap that you generated and uploaded to your root directory. Click "Submit" to submit your XML sitemap to Bing.
Submit XML sitemap to Ask - Simple enter the following URL into your browser address bar and hit enter:
submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http%3A//www.the URL of your sitemap here.xml
If you would like further details on verifying your website with Google, Yahoo, and Bing plus the importance of XML sitemap generation and XML sitemap submission then check out day 7 of the free Site Build It! Action Guide which is worth reading or watching even is you use other services to design and host your website - if you have never created a website before then definitely give the SBI Action Guide a look or read.
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