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Google... one of the Internets MOST powerful search engines
recently announced a new FREE service that makes it easier for
you to improve your websites coverage within Googles index
through its NEW collaborative crawling system.
On the down side though, Google does not 'Guarantee' immediate
inclusion, But, is still good news for those of you who have
just finished building a website and are ready to submit to the
top search engines.
So, what's this NEW service called that Google just released?
It's called "Google Sitemaps".
The real cool thing about "Google Sitemaps" IS it accepts
RSS(Real Simple Syndication) and Atom feeds with the .XML
extension as one of the accepted formats for submitting your
websites Sitemap for inclusion in Googles index.
This is just one of the four formats Google accepts and is the
one that I'm going to use for the rest of this article to show
you how to generate your own .XML sitemap of your website for
inclusion in Google.
It's real easy to do so don't worry about it being to
complicated.
So, with that said, lets go to Step #1.
Step #1. Sign up for "Google Sitemaps".
This step is easy, simply follow the link provide below and sign
up for a Free account. It should only take you a few minutes to
do, then once your done, come back here and go to Step #2.
Go to: http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login
Step #2. Generate your .XML sitemap.
In this step your going to generate a .XML sitemap for your
website using a Free online sitemap generator.
This Free online generator will build you a sitemap up to 500
pages. If you have a larger website with thousands of webpages
you'll have to use a paid service and/or software to generate
yours.
Go to: http://www.xml-sitemaps.com
Enter your required information on the form provided.
Step #3. Upload your generated .XML sitemap to your server.
Once your generated sitemap is finished(your generated .XML file
should be called site.xml.gz) it's now time to upload it to your
server using your FTP(File Transfer Protocol) program.
This is very important that you do this before submitting it to
Google Sitemaps for inclusion.
Step #4. Submit your NEW .XML sitemap to "Google Sitemaps".
Now that you have generated your "Sitemap" for your website and
uploaded it to your server all you have to do now is to go to
"Google Sitemaps" and submit your sitemap URL.
(ex. http://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml.gz)
That's it.
Now, depending on Google, your sitemap should get downloaded
within the next 24 hours, so be sure to check and see that it
did and that there wasn't any problems or errors.
Also, your going to want to be able to track your indexed
webpages within the search engines, especially Google, so you
can see how things are going, so I'll leave you with one last
resource that will do this for you.
Go to: http://www.uptimebot.com
All you have to do is enter your URL and click "GO".
The results page will list the results from Google and 9 other
popular search engines.
Well, there you have it... "4 Quick and EASY Steps To Getting
Your Website IN Through Googles 'Back Door'".
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