Things to Know in Creating and Submitting Sitemaps

8So you have your website indexed with a particular search engine’s sitemap and how it turns up as the first result when your website’s name is typed on the search engine. And this makes you think that you are a sudden internet wiz. Once you’ve done that, well congratulations but then again, there’s a lot more other stuff you need to go to plug in your domain. And this article provides you with more useful insight to have your website successfully increase in exposure and rankings, particularly on creating and submitting your sitemap to a desired search engine.

This article provides information about what a sitemap is and can help you with what to do about creating and submitting your sitemap to the big search engines in the internet.

First and foremost, we have to know what a Google Sitemap file really is.

Mainly, there are two important types of sitemaps.
First is a page listing of the sections found in your site, for users to easily find what information they are looking for.

The next type is the XML Sitemap, which is often called Sitemaps.
Simply put, Sitemaps provide a listing of your website’s pages.

Sitemap submission helps ensure that your chosen search engine knows all about the pages found on your site, and Sitemaps are more helpful if your website has the following qualities:

It has vibrant contents.
You have a few links on your new website.
Your pages not well linked to each other.
People come across your website for want of finding the information they want. If your website doesn’t contain the information they want, then there is no need for them to stay on your website any longer.

Since you have a general picture on what a sitemap is, it’s time to start making your own now.

For novices, you can easily have your sitemap created using a free sitemap generator you can find on the internet.

Here’s how to use the sitemap creator in Four steps:

1. Type your URL in the space provided.
2. The frequency should be changed to at least weekly.
3. Leave the next option as “Use Server’s Response”
4. On the Priority option leave it checked on “Automatically Calculated Priority” then click the “Start” button

Once you have done the necessary steps, all you have to do now is wait for the site to take you a page that says “Your Sitemap is ready” and you can then download the free sitemap created for you. There is also an option for you to have your generated sitemap emailed to you.

Once your sitemap is created, the next thing to do is to submit it to the site engine. Before this can be done though, make sure to sign up an account on the site engine. Before submitting your sitemap, you must first gain access to your account by verifying it. You can now then submit your website and test your sitemap once your account is verified and confirmed and will then be indexed with the search engine you have chosen.

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