The sitemap is a list of posts and pages of your blog which help crawlers. Basically the crawlers of search engines use sitemap to read your blog. This is a very important step that should not be ignored. Submitting your sitemap to Google makes sure that your blog is going to appear in search results.
Search results drive traffic to your blog and you should know everything about how it works and what you need to do so that you can use it to increase traffic on your blog.
Basic SEO tips for bloggers
First, make sure your blog is indexed or not. It simply means if your blog is coming in search results or not.
Basically, all your posts will be indexed automatically and you can check this by using this method to make sure if your posts are coming in search results or not.
If you've tried searching your blog name or your post title and you found nothing then you should know the right way of checking it.
site:tutesinside.net
Just add site: before the URL of your blog like above example and search it on Google.
(If you don't have custom domain added to your blog then do not worry just use your blogspot URL)
You will see posts of your blog in search results like this:-
If you can see your posts in search results then there is no need to submit your sitemap as your blog is already coming in search results.
But if you can't see anything then please follow these steps.
Steps to follow
Click on 'Add/Test Sitemap' on top right
Paste the below code in the box
Hit 'Submit Sitemap' button
You have successfully submitted your sitemap.
Search results drive traffic to your blog and you should know everything about how it works and what you need to do so that you can use it to increase traffic on your blog.
Basic SEO tips for bloggers
First, make sure your blog is indexed or not. It simply means if your blog is coming in search results or not.
Basically, all your posts will be indexed automatically and you can check this by using this method to make sure if your posts are coming in search results or not.
If you've tried searching your blog name or your post title and you found nothing then you should know the right way of checking it.
site:tutesinside.net
Just add site: before the URL of your blog like above example and search it on Google.
(If you don't have custom domain added to your blog then do not worry just use your blogspot URL)
You will see posts of your blog in search results like this:-
If you can see your posts in search results then there is no need to submit your sitemap as your blog is already coming in search results.
But if you can't see anything then please follow these steps.
Steps to follow
- Go to Google Search Console
- Login or Create your account
- Select your blog
- Now, in 'Dashboard' click on 'Crawl'
- Select 'Sitemap'
Click on 'Add/Test Sitemap' on top right
Paste the below code in the box
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500
Hit 'Submit Sitemap' button
You have successfully submitted your sitemap.
Thanks Rishabh,
ReplyDeletedon't know how, but works :-)
Take care
Kay
Glad to know. :)
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