Blog Sitemap: How to create one

March 5th, 2008.

Create a blog sitemap
Creating a blog sitemap is easy and can increase your search engine ranking…

Many search engines either require a sitemap (Ask) or prefer you include one (Google). For more info in listing your blog on search engines, have a peak at this previous post.

Firstly

Copy and paste this code into a text editor like Notepad or Blocknote:

<?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?>
<urlset xmlns=”http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9″>
<url>
<loc>http://www.YourBlogsDomainHere.com/</loc>
<lastmod>2005-01-01</lastmod>
<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
</url>
</urlset>

Your blog information needs to be included in the bold section.

- <lastmod> refers to when you last posted- <changefreq> will let the engine know when to update your listing

Secondly

Save the file as sitemap.xml a root directory (if you are not sure what your root directory is, have a look at the Web dictionary).

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8 response so far...

Mike

Your site is a great discovery…thanks!

About the sitemap - having saved the code to Notebook, where do I place it on my blog?

March 14th, 2008 5:06 pm
admin

Hi Mike, thank YOU for popping in!

The file for you sitemap now needs to be saved in the root directory.

So, it should in the end have a URL like this: http://www.blogname.com/sitemap.xml

If you don’t know how to access your FTP let me know and we’ll find a solution.

Love, Lilly

March 14th, 2008 5:28 pm
Mike

Wow, thanks, Lilly! I see what you mean - but I just use one of the blogspot templates. I didn’t have to get into the FTP thing.
Should I create a new page through Bravenet, or whatever, and paste the text there? Or is there a better way somehow on blogspot ?

March 16th, 2008 5:58 pm
ImagineImagine

I’ve found so many articles on your site that I need to know about to continue successfully with my site. I need to know about creating a site map. Thanks for the great info. Also I know other new bloggers who are looking for free images. Your site is so easy to understand and informative. Now I just need to find the time to create the site map. Thanks.

March 17th, 2008 2:42 am
Mike

Hi Lilly. I have just discovered that Blogger automatically creates a sitemap, so I didn’t need to panic!

March 19th, 2008 11:17 am
admin

Great! I was on the brink of setting up my own blogger-tester account to walk you through it. (think I’ll set one up anyway!) Ciao, Lilly

March 19th, 2008 11:22 pm
ImagineImagine

I’m back again, so far, I’ve found three such handy articles, the color calculator and the site map and the free images.
What a great site for bloggers! Thank you LillyMouse. LillyMouse will be my blogging advisor now.

March 20th, 2008 12:18 pm
Mike

Hi again, Lilly.
Did you ever test Blogger? I can’t help thinking that an additional, independant sitemap on Google may not be a bad idea. Or would that clash with Bloggers and cause problems?

March 28th, 2008 2:33 pm