Now I can think you have a little idea about sitemap. A sitemap means a map of your site. Sitemap is a great way to let your visitor know about your blog's updates. But adding a sitemap for your blogger blog in google webmaster tools (GWT) means something else.
Adding a sitemap for your blogspot blog in google webmaster is a great SEO fact. If you really don't know how to add blog in google webmaster or not much serious about adding sitemap in your webmaster tools, then I�ll tell you that, you are doing a very big mistake.
This is the time to add an atom.xml sitemap for your blogger blog if you already not did. I assume you have already added your blogger/blogspot blog in Google Webmaster Tools. But you didn't add your blog in google webmaster tools then first check out How to add and verify your blogger blog in Google Webmaster Tools.
Now I can think you have added and verify your blog in google webmaster tools. If I'm right then this is the time to add a sitemap for your blog.
Importance of sitemap:
A sitemap for your blog in google webmaster tools tells search engine(Google) bot about your update content, how many post have been submitted and how many have been indexed. This way your blog become search engine friendly and that mean you are something in google's eye. In short word I can tell you that adding sitemap in google webmaster tools is important for your blog SEO (search engine optimization).Adding sitemap in google webmaster tools:
Now you know the importance of sitemap. So don't be lazy to add a sitemap for your blog. This not gonna take more than 5 minutes I promise. Lets find out how...- You added your blog in google webmaster tools. Now log in to your webmaster account and click on your blog name.
- Now you will see a new page, where you will see three options Crawl Errors, Search Queries and Sitemaps. Click on Sitemaps.
- Here you will see your sitemaps list but currently you don't have one. Don't worry we are here to make a new one :) click on ADD/TEST SITEMAP.
- After clicking add/test sitemap button you will see a new window showing your blog address with a text box after your blog URL. In that box input "atom.xml" (case sensitive) and click Submit Sitemap button.
- You are all done. Now you will see a message that saying Sitemap submitted. Click refresh the page to see your sitemap status.
Wasn't that too easy to add a sitemap for your blogger blog in google webmaster tools? I think so. Now your blog is one step ahead of search engine optimization (SEO).
Look friends, this is my new blog about blogging and SEO. Here I�m sharing blogger tricks, templates, widgets and SEO tricks. In every post of this blog I tried my best to make the post better understanding with maximum screenshot. So I hope that you will find every post of this blog very friendly. So my request is, if this blog really helped you a little please consider 10 seconds to share share this post in your social profile.
Look friends, this is my new blog about blogging and SEO. Here I�m sharing blogger tricks, templates, widgets and SEO tricks. In every post of this blog I tried my best to make the post better understanding with maximum screenshot. So I hope that you will find every post of this blog very friendly. So my request is, if this blog really helped you a little please consider 10 seconds to share share this post in your social profile.
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