Creating a Google Sitemap

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A Google sitemap is an XML file that contains all the links/pages on your site. It's a great way to keep Google abreast of all your pages. It will also help your pages get indexed faster too.

Please understand that submitting a sitemap and getting your pages indexed/spidered does not guarantee good rankings. It will just ensure Google is aware of all your pages.

Creating a Sitemap

- If you have a WordPress blog, there are a few SEO plugins that will automatically create and submit a sitemap for you. I use the All in One SEO plugin and it works great.

- If you have a Blogger blog, your sitemap is already created for you. Just create a Google Webmaster Tools account (login with your Google/Blogger details), look for the Sitemap link and follow the instructions.

- If you have a static website like this one then you'll have to manually create your sitemap or use a sitemap generator.

Don't forget to create a Google Webmaster Tools account first because you will need to manually submit and verify your sitemap the very first time you submi it. After that, Google will crawl it regularly, or you can manually resubmit if you want to speed up the indexing process.

The sitemap submission area is located under "Site Configuration" in Google Webmaster Tools.

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