Google SiteMap on Wordpress

Posted by Junelle

February 21, 2008

I added Wordpress on the title, because honestly I do not know how to put or create a sitemap on my own. A sitemap is a tool which helps search engine crawl your site easily. This is best for SEO.

Steps:

Download the sitemap generator for wordpress at http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/
Unzip the downloaded file.
Using FTP, upload the google-sitemap-generator folder in your wordpress plugin (/wp-content/plugins)
If everything has been uploaded, log in to your wordpress account.
Go to Plugins, look for Google XML Sitemaps. Click Activate.
Once the plugin has been activated, click “Options” >> “XML-Sitemap”
Build your sitemap by clicking the “click here” on the instructions.
Now, you have created a sitemap.
All you need to do is add it on your Google webmaster tools, for Google to work on it.
Log in to your Google webmaster account https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/siteoverview
Input your website into the text box, then click ADD SITE
Once added, below the sitemap, click “add”
Choose type: “Add General Web Sitemap”
Input sitemap.xml on the text box, click “Add General Web Sitemap”
DONE