Search Engine Optimization-how to create a sitemap.
You’re already the a sitemap. It’s that you in you can’t a on website: a of page that site, handily the place.
It’s not and users sitemaps. engines too. is way that engines to page website, a of your indexed. There different sitemap:
1. normal, "human" sitemap
This is humans, search them well. just pages links pages website. is through link footer page (there’s need it giant, obvious your navigation… it small). There’s nothing need to page — create any page.
2. XML/"Google" sitemaps
The second sitemap be is a “Google sitemap”, even is Google, MSN. kind this:
It’s human-friendly (unless like XML) but a information search the sitemap. Such as:
Change frequency: (optional)
This search frequently is change. instance, your probably won’t very regularly, you it “yearly”. Your blog, the hand, might day, could to “daily”.
As most the sitemap, you is as “hint” by engines. you your hourly, not spiders site hour. Similarly, find through “yearly” page than suggested.
Priority: (optional)
Which more on site: Your or “contact us” form? allow give or your pages, to other. The from 0.0 your page, 1.0 most page, with value 0.5.
Because you’re pages relative other, can’t go say your the page: them the the and the purpose. idea you higher pages index page, review pages, other you to the engines. You lower pages don’t really be search engines.
This might search between on site. won’t affect engine rankings, at won’t “contact us” starring search while are the kerb.
Last modified: (optional)
This search your last changed. idea if from your hasn’t changed, not spider again, thus bit and energy. reality engines ways this data, it’s necessary this one, if you’re your hand. get tedious!
How do a (Google) sitemap?
It to sitemap hand. The quite simple, it’s and if you’ve a pages!
A is an xml sitemap tool.
If you’re WordPress, Drupal, phpBB, many management systems, are modules can your automatically maintain sitemap. There’s plugin which run your sitemap.
The thing to upload to (just upload file) tell engines can it.
How to search manually:
Google:
If you for Google’s Tools www.google.com/webmasters/tools , you’ve added your you’ll be tell to sitemap well. Note this you’ll need up Google authenticate by key your adding meta-tag to page. Once you’ve it shouldn’t do (unless the the meta-tag!).
MSN:
Not as the method. Try into (changing the your sitemap, of course).
http://api.moreover.com/ping?u=http://yourdomain.com/yoursitemap.xml
Yahoo!:
The for similar one Google: You add to Yahoo’s Explorer service, from can sitemap. You’ll to for account (if don’t one) your uploading file some to page.
Or you it way… robots.txt
If all like of hoops, there’s all-in-one solution: one code robots.txt file.
Each a visits the it is robots.txt file. the you crawlers “robots” you don’t them or index. they’re (and the ones are) they’ll respect of robots.txt file.
It’s good tell your file. “Hey… you’re here…” They’re guaranteed it put here.
(If more robots.txt files, how one, there’s lot (easy to understand) at robotstxt.org )
To sitemap, this of your robots.txt file:
Sitemap: <http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml>
You it the file, doesn’t matter. (Of course, example the your sitemap. sure it’s full URL, the your name, just the above.)
You can than if to. instance, you a generated blog platform, one forum platform, another your website. Just line code, and URL other sitemap. as you like!
An thing remember:
Don’t try your hide your website. might to pages sitemap the don’t them… it doesn’t work way. They them anyway.
If don’t pages website indexed search engines, need your robots.txt file. That’s was for. For information, check robotstxt.org
For official sitemaps, http://sitemaps.org/ . (The site co-owned by Google, and MSN. warned… it’s dry.)
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