Sunday, September 10, 2006

Search Engine Sitemap: How to generate


What is Sitemap?

A site map (or sitemap) is a web page that lists the pages on a web site site, typically organized in hierarchical fashion. This helps visitors, and search engine bots, to find pages on the site. Ironically a Sitemap helps Search Engine (any) find, index, and rank your website.

The best Sitemap recommended by Google is the one which generated which .xml extension. It allows search engine bots to index non html files like Macromedia Flash or JavaScript. It is because swf and javascript menus do not include HTML links.

How to make the Sitemap?

It is realy easy. Third party Sitemap generator can help you to solve this problem. Just key in your URL and in few minutes a sitemap will be generated in .xml extension. Then you should copy the .xml files and place it in your web root, or in a folder where you put your website files.

List of 3rd Party Sitemap Generator:
  1. http://www.autositemap.com/
  2. http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/
  3. http://www.automapit.com/
  4. Sitemap generator for Wordpress
  5. http://www.scriptet.com/simple-map.html
  6. http://sitemapbuilder.net/
  7. http://johannesmueller.com/gs/
  8. http://sitemap.xmlecho.org/sitemap/
The sitemap is really useful when you want every single page from your website be indexed by any SE. Some Sitemap generator can be downloaded for free, so that you can generate your sitemap alone in your Laptop or PC.

Thats all for now.......happy sitemapping

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