What is sitemap and how to create it?

May 2, 2010

You may have wondered many sites having this little word called sitemap in their website’s footer.
Site Map basically is the index of all the pages of your site and combines them in one location. It makes search engine’s crawlers detect the pages efficiently. It is better for SEO.

Anyways creating a sitemap manually is a difficult task. I created my sitemap using a software called Coffee Cup Sitemapper. I have the full version(Buyed) but not all can be able to buy.

So I researched the net and came across a great website which would allow you to do the same. XML-sitemaps.com allows you to create the site map online .

Steps:

  1. Open www.xml-sitemaps.com using your browser.
  2. Use the free online site map generator.
  3. Enter your site info. on the page like the address, duration of change etc.
  4. Click next.
  5. It will take some time depending on the size of your site. Took 7 minutes for mine as my site is in initial stage.
  6. Now the site will display your links to download.
  7. Just download the XML and HTML files and upload it to your root directory of your website.

You are done. :-)

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    • http://www.palabuzz.com paul | entertainment tonight

      Thansk for sharing. I ave been thinking of addisng a sitemap on my site so tath my traffic woudl improve too.
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      Thanks God! I use WordPress and don’t need to go another site as Google Sitemap Generator do it, itself.
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      Every blog MUST have sitemap! It is an archive in disguise! ;)
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      But i suggest the sitemap pluggin, in this method, there is a limit of 500 Kinks.
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    • http://www.gadgetcage.com Siddartha

      WP bloggers are gifted as they are having plugins for this. Initially while i was in blogger my site doesnt have the site maps. Later i got to know the use of them on the next min i have do it :) . Well written article Sukhjit :)
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      • http://chaaps.com Chethan Thimmappa

        you are right! proud to be a WPian!

    • http://www.webtechwise.com/ Omer Greenwald

      XML sitemaps are crucial for search engine indexing and ranking. For WordPress blogs, the “XML Sitemap Generator for WordPress” automatically updates and sends the sitemap file to all major search engines.
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    • http://www.ipad-for-free-online.co.uk Apple iPad

      I already knew that sitemap for websites were very important to get your site indexed quickly and efficiently, but i didn’t know about xml sitemap for Blogs, thanks for sharing this valuable information with me.

    • http://techgopal.com TechGopal

      according to me google site map generator is good for wp users

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