By adding a Google sitemap to your blog, you can more easily submit your site for indexing, to the Google search engine spider.
You get better coverage by the spider, than by simply submitting your blog to the Google search engine. You'll also get detailed statistics about how Google sends traffic your way, and how the Google spider sees your blog.
Sitemap creation is generally the first thing done after adding a blog to Google Webmaster Tools.
Unless other wise noted, everything below will be conducted from Google Webmaster Tools.
You get better coverage by the spider, than by simply submitting your blog to the Google search engine. You'll also get detailed statistics about how Google sends traffic your way, and how the Google spider sees your blog.
Sitemap creation is generally the first thing done after adding a blog to Google Webmaster Tools.
Unless other wise noted, everything below will be conducted from Google Webmaster Tools.
- If you don't have a Google account yet, you'll need one. GMail is free, and Google Groups is a vital resource for problem research. Anytime there is a problem with your blog, you should be posting into Blogger Help Forum.
- First, and most importantly, verify site ownership by adding a meta record to the template.
- From the GWT dashboard, select the menu option Crawl, then Sitemaps. Then hit the button "Add/Test Sitemap".
- Verify the URL of the sitemap for the blog, as automatically generated by Blogger.
- Return to GWT and Sitemaps. In the box for "Add/Test Sitemap", type the needed portion of the URL, and hit "Submit Sitemap".
- This will update the GWT Sitemaps list, with the advice
You have added the URL of your sitemap.
In the list My Sitemaps you should now see the added sitemap URL.
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I found your advice on adding a sitemap to your blog in the help section. Like Leonid I couldn't get the sitemap generated. What did finally work was the atom.xml
code. Why is this information only found here? I searched google and chat forum and finally search blogger help as last resort. In the past, I have not found blogger that helpful. Thank you
I'm just confused about this one thing
The word "awesome" is always welcome here. ;-)
I added to step 15 - check it. Do you, per chance, have a blog that's published by FTP?
http://allcarconcept.blogspot.com/atom.xml
and i get this msg "General HTTP error: 404 not found
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit. "
The feed is there, it's just empty. Have you enabled the feed, under Settings - Site Feed?
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O endereço da alimentação é um URL de XML. Veja este artigo.
e.g. http://bloggerstatusforreal.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Also do you mind if I link to you?
"http://bloggerstatusforreal.blogspot.com/atom.xml" is the old Atom feed. There is a newer Atom feed. I'll bet that the old feeds disappear one day.
You can link away, be my guest. 8-D
http://atoztoa.blogspot.com/atom.xml.
What about:
http://atoztoa.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default.
It is the new feed, right? Google is not accepting it.
It works fine on my test blog.
Check it out.
The link to you site is automatically prepended at the start.
Thank you very much for this helpful tutorial. It is much appreciated.
NathanKP - The Ink Weaver Collection - Writing Showcase Blog
brief question so sorry to bother you.
I have recently changed to a custom domain name and using it in either atom.xml or rss.xml as a sitemap gives me errors.
is there another way to submit a site map using blogger as my host with my custom domain name?
Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for this site. I have a very dumb question. You say to use the "Ping google sitemap" anytime you change your blog. Does that mean anytime I add a post? Or what? Sorry for the confusion.
Excellent site!!
When to ping is up to your discretion. I would probably do so maybe once a week, if I had written something especially interesting. I have heard that being pinged too often causes you to lose reputation with the search engines though, so no more than that, probably.
-Invalid XML: too many tags
Too many tags describing this tag. Please fix it and resubmit.
-Incorrect namespace
Your Sitemap or Sitemap index file doesn't properly declare the namespace.
Could you please help me fix it...
Have you posted already in GBH: Broken, and I missed the post? If so, my apologies. But the online forums are much easier to use, then Blogger Blog Commenting, for interactive problem solving.
I have problem with my Site Map.
Earlier, I subsribed to feedburner and let them indexing my blog by individual post url.
Then I found the webmaster Tools and tried to have them indexing my atom.xml feed for the same blog.
The result was error on the sitemap with this message "URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location" and the error url is,http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jendelaiklan/~3/272278257/iklan-anda_14.html.
FYI, I used the same method in another blog of mine sligtly different which feedburner indexing this blog by its main url and webmaster tools have no problem indexing its atom.xml. I'm confuse and completely lost.
If you in anyway could figure out what mistake have I made, please advise me on solving this problem. Maybe it has something to do with code in the Template?? I'm lost.
See Step 17 in the post? If you are using FeedBurner, you have to give the sitemap wizard a feed that doesn't redirect.
Instead of simply using "atom.xml", you use "atom.xml?redirect=false".
The sitemap result looks good now. Thanks to you.
My one question is...do I really need to ping Google sitemaps every time I add a new post? I thought I read somewhere else that pinging was automatic.
Anyways, thanks again. I done plenty of tweaking and now I'm ready to concentrate fully on creating more content.
I think that you're right, when Blogger split the search engine setting into two questions, separating internal and external functions.
The question "Let search engines find your blog?" explicitly states "If you select "Yes" we will include your blog in Google Blog Search and ping Weblogs.com."
Sounds like more research is called for.
Thanks,
Neptune
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Where can i choose "select Add a meta tag"
My site is added and "Pages from your site are included in Google's index"
My index status is "You have not submitted any Sitemaps"
I click on "add a sitemap" I choose "generic sitemap" but after? It ask an URL... what should I do?
I'm getting a 404 from trying to access your feed directly. Have you enabled your blog feed?
I don't know what step 15 is? Every time I add a new post, do I have to do something besides just hit publish?
Todd
do i have to do the ping trick?
Thanks,
Neodec
The Ping is optional, and is useful mainly if you don't update your blog a lot.
and it's working!
I tried submitting my sitemap in http://citizenoftheworldwantsjustice.blogspot.com
on Google sitemaps. But I keep getting the error when i use http://citizenoftheworldwantsjustice.blogspot.com/atom/xml as the address:-
URL not allowed - This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location.
Problem detected on: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Citizen...IRNMB2j5KKE/now-movign-bar-council.html
Apr 20, 2009
I have tried putting http://citizenoftheworldwantsjustice.blogspot.com/feed/posts/full and that is pending.
Any idea/suggestion to solve this problem?
Try "citizenoftheworldwantsjustice.blogspot.com/atom.xml?redirect=false".
As above
... type "atom.xml" (or "atom.xml?redirect=false", if you're using a redirected custom (external) feed for public access, and need redirection override) ...
It is still showing as pending??
citizenoftheworldwantsjustice.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default
citizenoftheworldwantsjustice.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/full
I'm beginner blogger, a bloginner, and I was going crazy looking for that xml whatever, can't find it.
atom.xml solved the issue.
But i have a question, do i need to add atom.xml everytime i add a new post on my blog or does it do it automatically??? Thanks again sir!!!
All that you do is publish posts. The feed is maintained for you, automatically.
I'm feeling completely dim because i can't follow even the first step on this post - I've searched over my dashboard page but I can't find the link for 'sitemaps'...I've looked over the page 3 times! Can you tell me where it is?
I hear your confusion. See if my slight rewording of the above instructions makes things slightly clearer, please.
1) "This XML tag has an invalid value. Please fix it and resubmit" &
2) One of the 26 urls: "This url http://luxuryhaven.blogspot.com/2009/09/contest-win-inglourious-basterds.html is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location".
Somebody pls help as I'm not savvy in these stuff. Appreciate any expertise!
Please post a question in BHF: Something Is Broken, so we can explore this further. If you already have an open thread, bump the thread, so I can see it.
DOI! *smacks self in the head* This is why I read your blog. XD
I'm over here thinking "Why can't I link to the old xml, exactly?" *smacks self in the head again*
Thanks for the assistance.
"atom.xml" and "/feeds/post/default" is the same content, as is "rss.xml" and "/feeds/post/default?alt=rss". The difference is the URL - "atom.xml" and "rss.xml" are located in the root of the blog, while "/feeds/post/default" and "/feeds/post/default?alt=atom", and "/feeds/post/default?alt=rss" are not located in the root of the blog.
I have found this information very useful and the only article that has been successful in helping me submit a sitemap. I have a couple questions for clarity please:
1. I have added sitemaps for atom feeds and rss feeds in both old and new formats - is this redundant?
2. Before finding your blog, I unsuccessfully attempted to generate a sitemap using http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ Now that I have added the feeds in the sitemap, is it still necessary to generate a sitemap for the entire blog to be added to GWT?
3. I believe I need to add a sitemap for each page of my blog, but have not been successful. One page is http://airo-cross.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-airo.html and I tried to submit a sitemap using p/welcome-to-airo.html Could you tell me how to add sitemaps for each of these pages? I have 10.
Thanks again for spelling these things out in layman's terms.
Thanks!
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Thanks again