Add a Site Map to Your Blog and Get Indexed by Google Immediately
Author: waheed elqalatawy
If you want to add a site map and get indexed in google immediately, here is the procedure which is the result of tens of times of trial and error, after bouncing between the conventional wisdum of the savvy webmasters in Blogger classic and the unaware assessment of the resultsby the newbies. The confirmation is down the article.
Adding a site map to my blog was never thought to be written about by me. I was -and still- writing about health a simplified scientific article or a humble personal opinion, yet trying to verify my blog and add a site map to it was impossible for me at classic Blogger. I then upgraded to Blogger-beta where verification was much more easier, that was after I had understood that Blogger will never allow uploading any files to its server.
When coming to 'add a site map' step, I found it to be extremely exhaustive hard experiment. It is something out of the scope of my knowledge and interests, because I know nothing about html, and when I tried to add a site map I thought it is a WYSIWYG like posting my blogs, then when I tried the least modifications to cope with what I am asked to do, the PC surprised me with "the opening and closing tags","the incorrect format'....etc. I was chained to the computer for hours repeatedly on a trial and error basis, beginning with copy and paste and ending with matching the format with other blogs like "Blogger Tips and Tricks" and "Hakuna Matata" after I read ' html Tags Definitions' in Blogger help.
I got frustrated many times and I began thinking to quit the whole thing, because why should I write what nobody will read it. Finally, the unexpected happened , and I added a site map to my blog! I feel pity and passion for the same folks who are like what I was, and this dictated me to write describing precisely how any one can add the site map to his blog easily and what mistakes to avoid, besides, I may find some of them interested in what I write in my blog. Who knows? Shall we go ?
1- Go to my blog at: http://www.waheedelqalatawy.blogspot.com/
2- Click "View" and select "Source", there will be a text document, click"file" and select "save".
3- Go to 'My Account' in google (since you have a blog) and click the 'Webmaster Tools' button.
4- Under ' Add Site' , type in: http://your blog name.blogspot.com (.DO NOT TYPE IN : WWW.)
5- You will be asked to verify your site. choose "add tag", copy it in the text document to make sure it is the same before pasting it in your "edit html" page in the head segment.
6- Modify the text document by typing in your blog name and your blog ID ( you may find it in the address bar if you typed your URL in the address bar.
7- Copy and paste the modified document in the head segment in the html page of your blog.
8- Go to " Webmaster Tools" again and check verify.
9- After verification, click on " Add a Site map", under "choose type" select "add general web site map" and type in :
http://your blog name.blogspot.com/rss.xml.
and click "add general web site map".
( Neglect any thing written under the window, this is the only format that will get your site map added, and again (DO NOT TYPE IN: WWW.)
It will be Pending for few minutes to few hours, and if you have implemented every thing right, your site map will be added.
You are done. Congrats.
This is what your site map status looks like when added to your blog:
Sitemap Type Submitted LastDownloaded SitemapStatus URLs submitted rss.xml Atom Feed Web Nov 6,2006 Nov16,2006 OK 26( Downloading the site map by Googlebot is frequent, don' t worry about time period).
TIPS:
1- Do not look at the examples given by the 'Webmaster Tools' page.
2- If you are stuck, add another site and never delete one before your site map is added.
3- If for any reason, your site map is not added, keep matching what you do with this schedule and do not try any thing else to keep away from a bitter taste experiment.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Backlinks
Backlinks
To become successful on Internet you need traffic. There are many ways to get traffic, first you can buy traffic from programs like adwords, if you are able to convert this traffic in to buyers are clickers then you earn, otherwise it is good to get free traffic from search engines. For this you will have to optimize your pages for your keywords and then get enough back links for those pages, so that you can get higher google page rank. If you have more back links then your competitor in search engine result pages (serp’s) and have higher page rank then your competitor then you will be ranked higher in serp’s.
What are backlinks : A backlink is simply a link from other site pointing back to your site.
There are two types of back links,
Two way back links
These are those backlinks when two websites or blogs exchange link with each other. If you have two way back links from relevant sites then it could be beneficial to you. If you have back links with non-relevant site then you may be panelized by search engines and instead of ranking high in Serp’s, your position may fall down. There fore be careful while exchanging links with other sites. Always have back links from relevant sites. The advantage with two way backlinks is that it may bring traffic to both sites. So if you already have a high page rank and you are interested in traffic then two way backlink work well for you.
One way back link
One way back link is a link to your site by another site. Search engines considers this back link important, it is considered that your site is so important that other sites refer you. An easy way to get one way backlink is that you wirte articles for article directories and give a back link using your keyword. For Example your site is about articles on work from home without investment, then you can do it as below
There are millions of people search keyword “work from home without investment” ……
And this link points back to your site, suppose you submit your article to 25 free article sites then you get 25 backlinks from high page rank sites. More over article sites allow publisher to download articles. As many bloggers or website owners download your this article, and you get hundreds of backlinks for free.
One more thing should be noted that instead of giving your url in backlink, you should give backlink using your keyword. Suppose your url title is http://dojobathome.blogspot.com and you give this backlink in your article then search engines will index high you for dojobathome, not for your keyword, therefore it is always good to give backlink using your keyword.
Instead of using your backlink in signature of article, it is good to give link in the body of articles, because many publisher cut down the signature portion of article.
Perfect Backlinks
A perfect backlink is one which is a part of text, the text has same keywords as of yours and which is from a high page rank site. More over
1. If you have backlinks from higher PR sites which is relevant your Subject
2. If you have backlinks from .edu (dot edu) or .gov(dot gov) sites.
3. Many backlinks like above two types of links.
.gov(dot gov) are governmental sites and .edu(dot edu) are educational sites, search engines gives maximum weight to these types of links . In my next post how to get backlinks I will discuss with you how to get gov backlinks and how to get edu backlinks for free. I will also discuss about free tool backlink checker for your site any other sites.
To become successful on Internet you need traffic. There are many ways to get traffic, first you can buy traffic from programs like adwords, if you are able to convert this traffic in to buyers are clickers then you earn, otherwise it is good to get free traffic from search engines. For this you will have to optimize your pages for your keywords and then get enough back links for those pages, so that you can get higher google page rank. If you have more back links then your competitor in search engine result pages (serp’s) and have higher page rank then your competitor then you will be ranked higher in serp’s.
What are backlinks : A backlink is simply a link from other site pointing back to your site.
There are two types of back links,
Two way back links
These are those backlinks when two websites or blogs exchange link with each other. If you have two way back links from relevant sites then it could be beneficial to you. If you have back links with non-relevant site then you may be panelized by search engines and instead of ranking high in Serp’s, your position may fall down. There fore be careful while exchanging links with other sites. Always have back links from relevant sites. The advantage with two way backlinks is that it may bring traffic to both sites. So if you already have a high page rank and you are interested in traffic then two way backlink work well for you.
One way back link
One way back link is a link to your site by another site. Search engines considers this back link important, it is considered that your site is so important that other sites refer you. An easy way to get one way backlink is that you wirte articles for article directories and give a back link using your keyword. For Example your site is about articles on work from home without investment, then you can do it as below
There are millions of people search keyword “work from home without investment” ……
And this link points back to your site, suppose you submit your article to 25 free article sites then you get 25 backlinks from high page rank sites. More over article sites allow publisher to download articles. As many bloggers or website owners download your this article, and you get hundreds of backlinks for free.
One more thing should be noted that instead of giving your url in backlink, you should give backlink using your keyword. Suppose your url title is http://dojobathome.blogspot.com and you give this backlink in your article then search engines will index high you for dojobathome, not for your keyword, therefore it is always good to give backlink using your keyword.
Instead of using your backlink in signature of article, it is good to give link in the body of articles, because many publisher cut down the signature portion of article.
Perfect Backlinks
A perfect backlink is one which is a part of text, the text has same keywords as of yours and which is from a high page rank site. More over
1. If you have backlinks from higher PR sites which is relevant your Subject
2. If you have backlinks from .edu (dot edu) or .gov(dot gov) sites.
3. Many backlinks like above two types of links.
.gov(dot gov) are governmental sites and .edu(dot edu) are educational sites, search engines gives maximum weight to these types of links . In my next post how to get backlinks I will discuss with you how to get gov backlinks and how to get edu backlinks for free. I will also discuss about free tool backlink checker for your site any other sites.
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