XML - Sitemap

[Teddy]

I wonder if anyone can help? I am new affiliate marketing, blogs etc. A college I work with was telling me that a XML-Sitemap is an absolute must for a site as it most definately helps with rankings, and he has a good knowledge of web sites and the likes. Can anyone tell me if this is a must do?

Thanks
Teddy

[Forum Admin 2]

Hi Teddy,

XML Sitemap is a method by which you can help a search engine, including Google, find & index all the pages on your site. Sometimes useful for very large sites, perhaps if the content chases often, but still not necessary if you have a good navigation system.

Make sure all your pages link to at least one other in your site
Link to your important pages often, with varying anchor text, in the navigation and in page text content
Remember Google needs links to find all the pages on your site.

Sitemaps are an easy way for webmasters to inform search engines about pages on their sites that are available for crawling. In its simplest form, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs for a site along with additional metadata about each URL (when it was last updated, how often it usually changes, and how important it is, relative to other URLs in the site) so that search engines can more intelligently crawl the site.

This can all be done manually also by RSS'ing your blogs and linking your sites :)

[Teddy]

Thanks for that info. You talk about RSS'ing my blog and that is another topic I have been trying to understand. I really appreciate all the efforts and information people supply but if I ask really stupid questions or don't understand I am really sorry, but I am new to all this and am trying to get an understanding of all this. I do research but don't grasp all these new "concepts" as they are foreign to me at this stage. I am sure I will learn and appreciate everyone's help. I will look into RSS as well as it seems it is something my blog will need to help it along.

Thanks again for all the info :)

Teddy.

[Forum Admin 2]

Which blog platform are you using? :)

[Teddy]

I am using WordPress. I believe it is good and I have gotten quite used to the way it works. I started using it a while ago when I started my first blog not knowing a thing and have contiuned to use it.

Teddy.

[Moderator 1]

Teddy,

Here is a link to a thread that I did a while ago regarding this very topic and Wordpress:

http://www.make-money-online-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128&highlight=feed

Let us know if you have any questions :)

[Forum Admin 2]

These are great links that will be able to help you out in getting things set up:)

[Teddy]

Thanks for that all you great people. :) I am learing so much from your expertise and believe me it is GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks
Teddy.

[Forum Admin 2]

That is what we are here for, to help in your learning process. It does help in regards to easing stress as one builds their business:)

[Moderator 1]

We are glad to hear it and to help however we can, Teddy. That is why forums can be so valuable and beneficial to our online marketing campaigns. :)

[Teddy]

For those of you using Worpress for your blogs there is a plugin you can use to automatically build your site map. It will also submit it to Google, Bing and Ask.

The plugin is called Google XML Sitemaps.

Enjoy
Teddy.

[Forum Admin 2]

Great Teddy!

[Moderator 1]

Yes, that is a good one to use Teddy! Thanks for sharing that with us. :)

[Teddy]

It's only a pleasure and I hope I can help someone else with a little information as you guys have helped me so much.

Thanks
Teddy.

[Moderator 1]

You will be able to do it more and more with the knowledge that you gain every day! :)

[Forum Admin 2]

You are already helping others without even knowing it Teddy! With all your great questions others are able to read and pick up from there :)