It seems like everyone is trying to find the best way enhance their traffic on the internet and that usually refers to increasing your rank on Google. When it comes to Alaska Web Design, there is nothing closer to the truth. There are a lot of options available to do just that. I am going to reveal one of them with you today. It is the Google sitemap. Basically a Google sitemap is an XML file that serves as a data provider to Google?s GoogleBots. You might be imagining this is too much for you to do all by yourself . Don?t worry about it. I am going to share the basics for you right now, in small bite size portions, and you can have your sitemap up within the hour! It is that simple!
What is Google Sitemap? Basically a Google Sitemap is an XML file that holds information about all of the Web pages on your site.
What information does a Google Sitemap hold onto about my Web pages? In a Google sitemap you can declare parameters. Some examples of these parameters are the URL of your Web page, when you last modified its content, the Web pages update frequency, and also that specific Web pages priority in the site.
What do I do with it? All you have to do is create this file, hand it off to Google, and Google will do the rest.
What does Google do with it? No one really can find out how Google uses this data. After you submit the file, Google basically says that it gives no guarantee on traffic/rank increase. However there have been many people who have claimed significant increases in their Google ranking.
How do I generate my own Google Sitemap? Just do these following steps:
First off you need to do is create your XML file. Don?t worry though; there are tons of utilities that do this for you AND they are for free online. One of the ones I like is at www.sitemapbuilder.net.
The next instruction you need to do is get the XML file you just created submitted to Google. All you have to do is visit www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login and login with your Google account. Once you’ve logged in you can add as many Sitemaps as you like.
The most important step is remember to keep your site map current. Remember that each time you make a change to your site you will need to repeat this process again.
There you have it. I hope this was an informative walkthrough on how to generate your very own Google sitemap. Hopefully you will be able to improve your ranking on Google with this little technique. For more techniques on improving your Google ranking make sure to look for people who know the best ways to incorporate these kinds of techniques into your Alaska website design projects.
Just one last thing : Google is touting their new Mobile Sitemap program. If your site is mobile-friendly then I would highly recommend generating sitemaps for that program as well. Good luck with your Alaska Web page design projects!
We will see you soon!
