Need help on Sitemaps
Hi, I'm not familiar how to create sitemaps on my google webmaster tool. Where can I get that? Will you have to add every sitelink on your site, I mean everytime you create hub?
To create a Sitemap based on the Sitemap protocol:
Create a text file and save it with a .xml extension.
Add the following to the top of the file:
Add the following to the bottom of the file:
Create an entry for each URL. The tag is required; the others are optional.
http://www.example.com/2005-01-01monthly0.8
Upload your Sitemap to your site. Then submit it to Google using Webmaster Tools.
Hi Kumar.. what is it to add to the top and to the bottom of the file?
(ps: your link, is that IANA?)
Thats just an example.
Wait I will write more.
Sign in to Google webmaster tools with your Google account at: http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps . If you don't have a Google account, you will need to create one.
2.Add your site to your webma
Through A1 sitemap generator you can create the sitemap.
Go to: http://www.xml-sitemaps.com. It's a free sitemap generator.
1. Enter your url.
2. Download the sitemap.xml file
3. Upload it to your root domain folder.
4. Login go to your Google webmaster account and enter the url: example.com/sitemap.xml
If you want to add a sitemap for your hubpages on Webmaster tools, you don't have to create one yourself. It's done for you. You just have to add your hubpages sitemap to your hubpages domain in Webmaster Tools.
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