How To Submit A Sitemap To Google Webmaster Tools

What Is A Sitemap

A sitemap is a file that contains the data related to your posts.It stores your posts in the form of a XML file helps to maintain a record of posts you have done on your blog.A sitemap is like a list of books kept in library containing details of each and every book.

Why To Submit Sitemap To Google Webmaster Tools ?

We submit sitemap to google webmaster tools so that google can maintain a record of posts we have done on our blog and make them appear in the search results.Same is done by the other search engines like bing,yahoo etc.

How To Submit A Sitemap To Google Webmaster Tools ?

• Go to this link:- http://www.google.com/webmasters
• Click on the title of your site from the list that appears.
• Click on the sitemap tab from the 3 different link that appear.

• Click on Add/Test Sitemap button on the top right corner of the page

• Add the following code in the in the blank box appearing at the left side of your domain:-

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500

• And if you have more than 500 posts than add the following  code in the box:-

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=500

• Now click on Submit Sitemap button,and we are done

How To Resubmit A Sitemap ?

• Go to webmaster tools and click on sitemap tab
• Scroll down to the bottom and you will see a list of sitemaps that you have submitted
• Select the checkbox at the left side of the sitemap and click resubmit button.

Final Words

This is a really important tutorial that every newbie should follow if he/she wants his/her post to appear in search engines.Remember to add the correct code in the box else it can result into a penalty by google on your site.