If you already have a website and want to appear it on Google and other search engines, then you need to create a sitemap for your site for proper indexing. Here is guide to know how actually it’s done for better search results!
Creating a sitemap for your website can help Google and other search engines to review and index your website more easily and correctly for better results. A sitemap is a list of pages of your site that shows the search engines exactly what pages you have. With sitemap, keywords in your site pages will be indexed properly which will improve your search engine optimization (SEO). It informs search engines what search terms (keywords) are most relevant to your website.
With sitemap your site will be properly indexed by search engine giant Google and others like Yahoo and Bing.
Types of Sitemaps
There are two types of sitemaps – a HTML page or a XML file. A HTML sitemap is a single page that shows visitors all the pages on a website and usually has links to those pages. And the XML sitemap is used by search engine spiders to get what files are present and which have recently changed.
To create a Sitemap for your website, you’ll need to follow 3 steps:
• Create the Sitemap file.
• Save your Sitemap in your site’s main (root) directory.
• Submit your Sitemap to search engines.
To create a sitemap you can find free tools online or can do it by yourself. There are many tools on the web offering free sitemap generating services. Simple go to tool or site and enter your site URL then click on generate; you will see a file generated and link created, just upload it to your site. If you are using WordPress, then this process is very easy, there are many plugins in WordPress which helps you in creating sitemap with just a one click.
In Addition – A sitemap, whether it is generated by a tool or made by hand, has the same purpose – to lead your visitors to where they want to go, and for you to be seen on the web through Google and other search engines.
Deepak Wadhwani has over 20 years experience in software/wireless technologies. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies including Intuit, ESRI, Qualcomm, Sprint, Verizon, Vodafone, Nortel, Microsoft and Oracle in over 60 countries. Deepak has worked on Internet marketing projects in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange Country, Denver, Nashville, Kansas City, New York, San Francisco and Huntsville. Deepak has been a founder of technology Startups for one of the first Cityguides, yellow pages online and web based enterprise solutions. He is an internet marketing and technology expert & co-founder for a San Diego Internet marketing company.
