Google Webmaster Guidelines and Link Building Pt.3
January 4, 2008 – 11:09 pmPART 3 of 5 - Submitting your Sitemap in Google’s Webmaster Tools
Step 3 is a doozy.
Google says “Submit a sitemap as part of our Google Webmaster tools. Google uses your sitemap to learn about the structure of your site and to increase our coverage of your WebPages”
Google is about theme. Even though your site may have your targeted keyword various times and in various formats, Google wants to see that the whole website’s theme is relevant to the keyword also.
So, creating a site map is a must. (If you site has a theme)
There are many ways to create a sitemap. For a full tutorial on creating one, visit sitemaps.org or Google’s sitemap page. Or you could go to XML Sitemaps and they will generate ones for you, for free.
Once you have created your sitemap, you will submit it to Google Webmaster Tools. Google may ask you to verify that you are the site owner (or someone that can edit the site) before you can benefit from all the features of Google’s Webmaster Tools.
Once you have submitted your sitemap to Google’s Webmaster Tools, Google will verify that you have submitted your sitemap.
Keep in mind; this doesn’t automatically get all your pages indexed in Google. You have to get an indexed page to link to your pages for them to be indexed. Submitting your sitemap just makes it easier for the Googlebot to crawl your whole site.
For more information regarding sitemaps, visit any of these resourceful sites;
PS: Internal link popularity, link tunneling & site architecture & are keys to making the best of SEO & sitemaps.
