Oct 29

One more plugin: XML Sitemap Generator for WordPress 3.0

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Google has indexed the site, but only one page shows up, could be that Google is lazy or too busy.

You can make Google’s life easier by building a XLM sitemap, practically showing Google what pages to visit on your site. There are many ways to do so. If you have a web site, you can use xml-sitemaps.com to generate the sitemap, then upload, and direct Google to look for it using Google Webmaster Central.

If you have a WordPress blog, there’s an easier way: Arne Brachhold’s Google XML Sitemap Generator for WordPress 3.0 plugin.

  1. Install the plugin;
  2. Go to Options\XML-Sitemap;
  3. The first line should read: “The sitemap wasn’t built yet. Click here to build it the first time.” Click on the link to build the sitemap.
  4. Done! The plugin has built the sitemap, and has notified Google, Yahoo, and Ask.com. The plugin will also update the sitemap as you update your blog.

What we want is something similar to the following for Google, Yahoo and MSN.

written by lorenzo


2 Responses to “One more plugin: XML Sitemap Generator for WordPress 3.0”

  1. 1. JohnMu Says:
    October 30th, 2007 at 10:43 am

    Hi there! If you check out sitemaps.org, you’ll see that Yahoo, Ask and MSN have also signed up to support the XML sitemaps format. Yahoo has been accepting submissions for a while now (through the site-explorer, which you linked to). Ask.com is accepting submissions through the robots.txt file and MSN/Live.com should be accepting them real soon now. One file for four engines :-) . I believe Arne’s great plugin also automatically notifies the three that accept sitemap files upon changes.

  2. 2. Lorenzo Says:
    October 30th, 2007 at 12:45 pm

    Thanks John

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