Google Sitemaps Explained - How To Use Google Sitemaps
Three Ways To Index Your Site With Google Sitemaps[Difficult, Hard, And Easy]Google has recently implemented a program where any webmaster can create a Sitemap of their site and submit it for indexingby Google. It is a quick and easy way for you to keep yoursite constantly indexed and updated in Google.The program is appropriately called Google Sitemaps.In order for you to best use Sitemaps, you must have an XML generatedfile on your site that will transmit or send any updates, changes, and data to Google. XML (Extensible Markup Language)is everywhere these days, you have probably seen the orange XML logo on many web sites and its often associated with Blogging because Blogs use XML/RSS feeds to syndicate their content. Today RSS is known mostly as 'Really Simple Syndication' but its originalacronym stood for 'Rich Site Summary'. XML is only simple code like HTMLand it is used to syndicate your content to all interested parties.
And the interested party in this case is Google. By creatingSitemaps, Google is really asking webmasters to take charge of the indexing and updating of their sites. Basically, doing the Googlebot's job!This is a 'Good' thing! With the steady influx of new web sitesgrowing rapidly, indexing all this material will become a challenge, even with the resources of Google. With Sitemaps, websmasters can now take charge and make sure their site is crawled and indexed.Please note, indexing your site with Sitemaps WON'T improve your rankings in Google. You will still be competing with the other sites in Google for top positions.
But with Sitemaps you can make sure all your pages are crawled and indexed quickly by Google.There are some other big advantages of using Google's Sitemaps - mainly you have control over a few key variables, attributes or tags. To explain this as simply as possible, your XML powered sitemap file will have this simple code for each page of your site:< url> < loc>http://www.yoursite.com/< / loc> < priority>1.0< /priority> < lastmod>2005-07-03T16:18:09+00:00< /lastmod> < changefreq>daily< /changefreq>< /url>Along with 'urlset' tags at the beginning and end of your code, and an XML version indication - that's basically your XML file!File size will depend on the number of webpages you have. Taking a closer look at this XML file:location - http://www.yoursite.com - name of your webpagepriority - you set the priority you want Google to place on that pagein your site. You can prioritize your pages: 0.0 being the least,1.0 being the highest, 0.5 is in the middle. This is ONLY relative to your site.
It will not affect your rankings. Why is this important? You have certain pages on your site that are more important than others, (home page, high profit page, opt-in page, etc.) by placing high priority on these pages, you will increase their importance in Google.last modified - when you last modified that page, this timestamp allows crawlers to avoid recrawling pages that haven't changed.change frequency - you can tell Google how often you change that particular page. Never, weekly, daily, hourly, and so on - if you frequently update your page this could be extremely important.Why do I need a XML Generator?In order for this XML sitemap file on your site to be constantly updated, you need a Generator that will spider your site, list all the urls and automatically feed them to Google. Thus constantly updating your site in Google's massive index or database. Keep in mind, Google also gives you the option of submitting a simple text file with all your URLs.
Now there is already a flood of these generators popping up! Different ways of generating your XML powered sitemap file. More are probably appearing as you read this. For your convenience, three ways to generate your XML Sitemaps file are listed below:Difficult - Google's Python GeneratorThat's a relative term, if you know your server like the back of your hand and installing scripts doesn't scare the bejesus out of you, you're probably smiling at the word difficult. Google supplies a link to a generator which you can download and set up on your server. It will cough up your sitemap XML file and automatically feed it to Google.
Google XML Generatorhttps://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/docs/en/sitemap-generator.htmlIn order for this Generator to work, Python version 2.2 must be installed on your web server - many servers don't have this. If you know what you're doing, this will probably be a good choice.You don't need a Google Account to use Sitemaps but it's encouraged because you can track your sitemap's progress and view diagnostic information. If you already have another Google Account gmail, Google Alerts, etc. just use that one to sign in and follow directions from there.To submit your Sitemap using an HTTP request, issue your request to the following URL:www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=sitemap_urlHard - A PHP Code GeneratorThis is a php generator that you can place on your server. This generator will spider your site, and produce your XML sitemap file.
Download the phpSitemapNG and upload it to your server. Run the generator to get your XML sitemap file and send it to Google.PHP Generator http://enarion.net/google/Again, this is only hard to do if you don't know your way around PHP files or scripts.Easy - Free Online GeneratorThese Generators are popping up everywhere, and Google now keeps a list of these 'third party suppliers' of generators on their site. Find them here: http://code.google.com/sm_thirdparty.htmlOne of the easiest to use is http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ and you canindex up to 500 pages with this online Generator very quickly and it willgive you the sitemap XML file Google needs to index your site. It will go into your site, spider it and index all your pages into an XML sitemap of your site. You can download this file, Compressed or Non-compressed and make minor changes such as setting the priority, changing frequency, etc.Then upload this file to your site as sitemap.xml to the root directory of your server i.e.
where you have your homepage. Then notify Google Sitemaps of your XML file and you're in business.Of course, the only drawback, if you constantly add pages to your site you will need to also add these pages to your XML sitemap file. This won't be much of a problem unless you're daily adding pages to your site - then you will need something like the PHP or Python generator to do all this for you automatically.Google is still the major search engine on the web so getting your pages indexed and updated quickly is the major reason to use Google Sitemaps. If you want your site to remain competitive it's probably the wisest route to take..
To learn more about the different Services and Programs offered by Google click here: Google Adsense & Google AdwordsCopyright ? 2005 Titus Hoskins of www.bizwaremagic.com This article may be freely distributed if this resource box stays attached.Hurricane Warning: Rush for Emergency Generators is Already Underway in 2005
The official start of Hurricane Season is still a month away, but the rush for emergency supplies has already begun. Electric Generators Direct.com (http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com), an online emergency generator superstore, is already experiencing stronger than usual demand for portable and standby generators. According to Jon Hoch, founder of the Romeoville, Ill.-based e-tailer, last year's quartet of Hurricanes severely altered the generator marketplace.Manufacturers built enough inventory to weather Hurricane Charley. But when Hurricane Frances blew ashore, every remaining generator in the country evaporated. Local hardware stores sold out in a matter of hours.
Many desperate homeowners had no choice but to buy overpriced professional-grade generators with features they'd never use. And some customers waited up to four months to receive their backordered generator. "By the time Ivan and Jean hit...
Hurricane Warning: Rush for Emergency Generators is Already Underway in 2005
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Demand for Generators Set to Rocket as UK Power Crisis Looms
(ContentDesk) November 18, 2005 -- Natalie Chew, of Generators Express (http://www.generatorsexpress.co.uk), believes that demand for generators will rocket as households and businesses in the UK ready themselves for what could be a winter of power cuts. There is increasing concern that Britains natural gas reserves will run dangerously low in the event of a cold winter. This would force the government to shut down gas-burning power stations in order to maintain uninterrupted gas supplies to households. Around 40% of the UKs electricity is generated by gas power stations and shutting them down would lead to prolonged periods or power cuts across much of the country. Furthermore, several indicators suggest that this winter could be particularly severe.Households and small businesses are turning to generators as emergency power backup solutions.
These days it is almost impossible to function without electricity...
Demand for Generators Set to Rocket as UK Power Crisis Looms
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The Advantage Group Announces the Release of Enterprise Modbus
St. Louis, MO (ContentDesk) January 31, 2006 -- The Advantage Group is pleased to announce Enterprise Modbus, the newest addition to their suite of data center monitoring products.Enterprise Modbus is a web-based application that allows you to monitor devices using the Modbus protocol.
These devices typically include generators, uninterruptible power supplies, static transfer switches and HVAC equipment.
Enterprise Modbus supports both serial (RTU or ASCII) and TCP Modbus protocols.
It can monitor devices from multiple manufacturers.
Enterprise Modbus can be run as a standalone product or integrated seamlessly with Enterprise Device Manager to provide the ability to monitor both Modbus and SNMP devices from the same console.While typical building management systems may start at $50,000, Enterprise Modbus retails for only $8,000.
"The Enterprise suite of products helps to break down the wall between the Facilities and IT groups," explains Dave...
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Proven gas saving technology goes public as direct market distribution product.
Nationwide (ContentDesk) May 10, 2006 -- Ethos Environmental offers a cost effective solution to help industry meet environmental regulations and relieve skyrocketing fuel prices. Hundreds of millions of miles of road tests have proven that commercial fleets on average increase fuel mileage between 7 percent and 19 percent and reduce emissions by more than 30 percent.New Fox & NBC news video shows the shocking proof of this discovery. Ten years ago, EthosFR released this gas saving product to the private business sector. Now the general public release of this already highly successfully and proven gas saving product is available for the average person to use and profit from.www.goldmininggas.com leads the way in showing the public how to save 9-19 percent on their fuel consumption.The rising costs of fuel have sparked a desperate need in the average car owner. Up until now, this proven, ten-year-old product was only available to large companies, military and governments.Ethos FR is non-toxic,...
Proven gas saving technology goes public as direct market distribution product.
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Popular Process Development and Management Software Tools
The efficiency and the productivity of increasingly larger numbers of businesses nowadays depend on powerful and reliable process development software products that provide support for commonly used databases such as PL/SQL, PL/pgSQL and XML. Due to the high market demand of competitive software products for database monitoring and management, database design, code generators and formatters, a wide variety of process management and database solution-providing companies are permanently striving to develop new, innovative, state-of-the-art software products that can effectively meet the needs and requirements of today's businesses.
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