Sitemap For Blogger.
A sitemap is a file which contains all the relevant information about the pages, videos, posts and other contents of your blog and the relationship between them. The XML sitemap file is a directory of all the web pages of your blog or website. Google, Bing search engines will use these sitemap files to discover and locate pages on your blog.
Best tools to create sitemap.
1. Slickplan. An intuitive tool that will help you easily create elegant and professional-looking
sitemaps.
2. Dynomapper.
3. Writemaps.
4. Mindnode.
5. PowerMapper.
How to Add an XML Sitemap to your Blogger Blog
Problem with Blogger Sitemap files
A complete XML sitemap file should mention all pages of a site, but ideally it doesn’t happen in the case of Blogger or blogspot platform.
Google accepts sitemaps in XML, RSS or Atom formats for optimal crawling.
Three basic steps to generate sitemaps for your blogger
1. Open the Sitemap Generator and type the full address of your Blogger blog.
2. Click the Generate Sitemap button and this tool will instantly create the XML file with your sitemap. Copy the entire text to your clipboard.
3. Next, go to your Blogger.com dashboard, navigate to Settings –> Search Preferences, enable Custom robots.txt option (available in the Crawling and Indexing section). Paste the XML sitemap here and save your changes.
We are done. Search engines will automatically discover your XML files via robots.txt file.
