Introduction :
In the previous post i explained about "How to add your Blogspot blog to
Google Webmaster Tools" On that post i briefly explained about the value of Sitemap , Without a Sitemap Google Search Engine can't Index your pages on the search result . On this topic we will discuss about "How to create your own website Sitemap using Sitemap Protocol" .
How To Create My Own Sitemap Using Sitemap Protocol :
Sitemap is a Xml file , That consist step by step process . Here i will show you a demo . The Xml sitemap must start with the tag that i added below this text .
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
Sitemap also have and opening tag and a closing tag like the following :
<sitemap> </sitemap>
Inside this tag we need to enter the entire data of our web site . Now follow the next step :
Example :
<sitemap>
<loc>http://www.example.com/sitemap1.xml.gz</loc>
<lastmod>2004-10-01T18:23:17+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
Here the "<loc>" Used to point out the destination of your sub Sitemaps from the Paranet Sitemap .
Here the "<lastmod>" Used to point out the Date and Time of the last updates of that Sub Sitemap .
You can also use the "<loc>" Tag to point out the page's of your website like the following .
<sitemap>
<loc>http://www.example.com/page1.html</loc>
<lastmod>2004-10-01T18:23:17+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
You can also set priority for your pages using the following tag .
<priority>
Example with "<priority>" Tag :
<sitemap>
<loc>http://www.example.com/page1.html</loc>
<lastmod>2004-10-01T18:23:17+00:00</lastmod>
<priority>0.8</priority>
</sitemap>
You can set Frequency for your xml file like the following method :
<sitemap>
<loc>http://www.example.com/page1.html</loc>
<lastmod>2004-10-01T18:23:17+00:00</lastmod>
<priority>0.8</priority>
<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
</sitemap>
The use of "<changefreq>" is to inform the Search Engine the changes will occur in "Monthly","Weekly" like that .
Final Example With All Tags :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url>
<loc>http://www.example.com/</loc>
<lastmod>2005-01-01</lastmod>
<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
<priority>0.8</priority>
</url>
<url>
<loc>http://www.example.com/catalog?item=12&desc=vacation_hawaii</loc>
<changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
</url>
<url>
<loc>http://www.example.com/catalog?item=73&desc=vacation_new_zealand</loc>
<lastmod>2004-12-23</lastmod>
<changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
</url>
<url>
<loc>http://www.example.com/catalog?item=74&desc=vacation_newfoundland</loc>
<lastmod>2004-12-23T18:00:15+00:00</lastmod>
<priority>0.3</priority>
</url>
<url>
<loc>http://www.example.com/catalog?item=83&desc=vacation_usa</loc>
<lastmod>2004-11-23</lastmod>
</url>
</urlset>
I hope you well understand this topic , If you have any problem in creating your own sitemap for your website or blog just address me using the comment box ... I will help you . Thanks