Site Map

[Educator]

I wasn't sure if I should post this in the tread about my adventures migrating my site from Blogger to WP, but....

Another newbie alert here....this time about Site Maps.

On my site, there is a link at the bottom called.....yep, Site Map.

When I click on it, I get that 404 error page.

So:

1. Is there a WP function / option that I need to select to start the site map feature?
2. Or, is there a WP plug-in that I need to first download to activate the site map feature? and if so, which one do y'all mentors of mine suggest?
3. I recall somewhere about one has to tell the different search engines that I have a site map......if that is correct, where and how do I do that for the majors (Google, Yahoo, Whoopee (OK, OK. .....there is no search engine called Whoopee....my wierd sense of frustrated humour felt like it was a word that belonged with Google and Yahoo ),

Thank you in advance!

Dan

[Sue C]

From the Cutline Support Forums:
Cutline Sitemap
In fact, here are all the discussions about it:
Tags/Sitemap
Have at it, my friend.

P.S.
There are also two plugins for sitemap generation. One is Google Sitemap Generator and the other is Dagon Design Sitemap Generator. I use both, as one is for search engines, and the other is for human eyes.

[Jen]

There are also two plugins for sitemap generation. One is Google Sitemap Generator and the other is Dagon Design Sitemap Generator. I use both, as one is for search engines, and the other is for human eyes.

I too use these plugins, and consider them essential. There was a measureable difference in (a) search engine traffic and (b) page views per visit, almost immediately after installing these. Don't forget to submit your sitemap to Google etc. for crawling - the speed with which a blog's listings get updated in the BigG from an xml sitemap really can be just staggering.

[Educator]

I too use these plugins, and consider them essential. There was a measureable difference in (a) search engine traffic and (b) page views per visit, almost immediately after installing these. Don't forget to submit your sitemap to Google etc. for crawling - the speed with which a blog's listings get updated in the BigG from an xml sitemap really can be just staggering.

I know I will get slapped silly for asking, but...................

....where do I go to submit my sitmap to Google and any other search engine? is there a special url for this?

Sorry to be so foundational on all this. If you wanna ban me until I actually kow something I'll understand.

[Educator]

I know I will get slapped silly for asking, but...................

....where do I go to submit my sitmap to Google and any other search engine? is there a special url for this?

Sorry to be so foundational on all this. If you wanna ban me until I actually kow something I'll understand.

OK, OK......that sound you hear is me.....slapping myself silly.......ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch!

I just loaded the Google sitemap generator and executed it and see that this plugin notifies them for me.

So, how do I know / how can I check that this actually worked and that Google, Ask.me, and others now have my site map?

Thank you ......................ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch!

[Ninja]

So, how do I know / how can I check that this actually worked and that Google, Ask.me, and others now have my site map?

You should still go here:
https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/

and register your sitemap. This will allow you to see the stats about your site like how many pages are getting indexed and internal and external linking.

It also provides a way for Google to contact you if there is an issue with your site.

[Robert]

You might also want to note that they tend to lag behind on their information a bit, too. It might be in the index, but changes and such not show up in Webmaster tools for several days afterwards, so be patient.

[Educator]

I see. I went there earlier today as well as to Yahoo. I forget which, but I think it was Yahoo which had a few sentences that it could take several weeks or more before they used the site map.

Oh, well.

Thank you very much for your replies.

Dan

[maheshexp]

As like others advice better use plugins dude. That will help you build your sitemap automatically and ping the sitemap services to read your sitemap.xml file.

I use Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress . This is a cool plug in which allows to generate sitemap, view it, set the priorities of pages so that the bots reads accordingly.

Also provides a list of Sitemap services that you should subscribe too.
This plugin is very handy!!

[Educator]

As like others advice better use plugins dude. That will help you build your sitemap automatically and ping the sitemap services to read your sitemap.xml file.

I use Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress . This is a cool plug in which allows to generate sitemap, view it, set the priorities of pages so that the bots reads accordingly.

Also provides a list of Sitemap services that you should subscribe too.
This plugin is very handy!!

Thanks, man. I think that is the one I ended up adding but don't recall a page priority feature. I'll have to go back.

Thanks,
Dan