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Sitemaps protocol enables webmasters to inform search engines URL of the website are available for scanning. Sitemap is an XML file that lists the URLs of the site. It allows webmasters to include additional information about each URL: when it is updated as often changes, and how important other than the URL of the site. This allows search engines to more intelligently crawl the site. Sitemaps URL inclusion protocol and complement robots.txt, Exclusion URL.Sitemaps is a way to tell Google about pages on your site, not otherwise discover. In its simplest form, an XML Sitemap Sitemap often called, with a capital S is a list of pages on your website. Create and submit a Sitemap helps make sure that Google knows about all your site pages, including URLs that can not be detected by the normal process of tracking Google.
History : Google first introduced Sitemaps 0.84 in June 2005 so web developers could publish lists of links from across their sites. Google, MSN and Yahoo announced joint support for the Sitemaps protocol in November 2006. The schema version was changed to "Sitemap 0.90", but no other changes were made.
In April 2007, Ask.com and IBM announced support for Sitemaps. Also, Google, Yahoo, MS announced auto-discovery for sitemaps through robots.txt. In May 2007, the state governments of Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia announced they would use Sitemaps on their web sites.
( Resource : Wikipedia.org )
There are many good reasons to have a sitemap.xml file on your website. Sitemap.xml file:
1. Ensures that every page you want listed in search engines known to the search engine.
2.You can tell all the search engines of new pages to your own schedule.
3.Clearly indicates that the search engine pages as you like and do not care and how often pages are updated.
4.It provides a better understanding of how search engine "sees" your site.
5.Provides detailed error reports and information from Google to crawl you can not get otherwise.
6.Provides access to diagnostic tools that the search engine you can not touch otherwise.
A simple Google sitemap.xml file looks something like this:
Once you have built your site map, look beyond the obvious problems with it - especially if the automated process.
Carefully through the "priority" for each URL that you set the site map.
How to submit the file sitemap.xml :
Just to put the file and not really do much. You must go through the steps to submit it to search engines to take advantage of all the work.
How to submit an XML sitemap to Google :
Start by creating a Google Webmaster. Like all Google services, you need a Google Account. Make sure you create the account with an email address that uses the functions of your webmaster - should not be a Gmail account.
Once you have a webmaster account to increase your site's instructions. Then, add a site map, a map of the site full URL to Google.After adding your site, you are prompted to "verify" the site.
How to submit a sitemap.xml file to Yahoo :
Go to Yahoo Free File page while logged into your Yahoo ID. If you do not have one, create your Yahoo ID here.Yahoo free submission page, change the "submit a website or web page" - must "Submit Site Feed" section - Yahoo calls on all lists of URL "Site Feed" and agrees that the format XML Sitemap.Once you have submitted, you must take control of their area, where you can then "authenticate" your site through the setting during the test file to Yahoo says to do (this is designated as the specified name and include all 'inside a random string). Similar to Google, download the file in the same folder as the site map, and then "authenticate" your site.
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History : Google first introduced Sitemaps 0.84 in June 2005 so web developers could publish lists of links from across their sites. Google, MSN and Yahoo announced joint support for the Sitemaps protocol in November 2006. The schema version was changed to "Sitemap 0.90", but no other changes were made.
In April 2007, Ask.com and IBM announced support for Sitemaps. Also, Google, Yahoo, MS announced auto-discovery for sitemaps through robots.txt. In May 2007, the state governments of Arizona, California, Utah and Virginia announced they would use Sitemaps on their web sites.
( Resource : Wikipedia.org )
There are many good reasons to have a sitemap.xml file on your website. Sitemap.xml file:
1. Ensures that every page you want listed in search engines known to the search engine.
2.You can tell all the search engines of new pages to your own schedule.
3.Clearly indicates that the search engine pages as you like and do not care and how often pages are updated.
4.It provides a better understanding of how search engine "sees" your site.
5.Provides detailed error reports and information from Google to crawl you can not get otherwise.
6.Provides access to diagnostic tools that the search engine you can not touch otherwise.
How to set up a sitemap.xml file :
Start by creating an XML sitemap. You can use the Google sitemap.xml instructions to start, or you can use the instructions Sitemaps.org (recommended).A simple Google sitemap.xml file looks something like this:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>Or like this for a general sitemap for anyone, not just Google:
<urlset xmlns="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84
http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84/sitemap.xsd">
<url>
<loc>http://www.wordsinarow.com/xml-sitemaps.html</loc>
<lastmod>2006-12-12</lastmod>
<changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
<priority>1.00</priority>
</url>
</urlset>
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84
http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd">
<url>
<loc>http://www.wordsinarow.com/xml-sitemaps.html</loc>
<lastmod>2006-12-12</lastmod>
<changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
<priority>1.00</priority>
</url>
</urlset>
Once you have built your site map, look beyond the obvious problems with it - especially if the automated process.
Carefully through the "priority" for each URL that you set the site map.
How to submit the file sitemap.xml :
Just to put the file and not really do much. You must go through the steps to submit it to search engines to take advantage of all the work.
How to submit an XML sitemap to Google :
Start by creating a Google Webmaster. Like all Google services, you need a Google Account. Make sure you create the account with an email address that uses the functions of your webmaster - should not be a Gmail account.
Once you have a webmaster account to increase your site's instructions. Then, add a site map, a map of the site full URL to Google.After adding your site, you are prompted to "verify" the site.
How to submit a sitemap.xml file to Yahoo :
Go to Yahoo Free File page while logged into your Yahoo ID. If you do not have one, create your Yahoo ID here.Yahoo free submission page, change the "submit a website or web page" - must "Submit Site Feed" section - Yahoo calls on all lists of URL "Site Feed" and agrees that the format XML Sitemap.Once you have submitted, you must take control of their area, where you can then "authenticate" your site through the setting during the test file to Yahoo says to do (this is designated as the specified name and include all 'inside a random string). Similar to Google, download the file in the same folder as the site map, and then "authenticate" your site.
WATCH THIS VIDEO:
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