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Sitemap Submission Tools

Thursday, July 12th, 2007
A multitude of site map tools are present to help you in creating sitemaps in XML, HTML or txt based. Many of them are listed in Google’s Webmaster Tools. Listed below are a few to help you get an insight on which one to choose for your own site.
 
 
PROGRAMS/CODE SNIPPETS
 
- phpSitemapsNG (PHP) is a free to download open source phpSitemapNG composed in php. You can create Google sitemaps in RSS, HTML or txt. This program spiders dynamic files while also scanning the filesystem.
 
- Sitemap_gen.asp is based on a simple script and it automatically creates sitemaps for webservers keeping with rules of the Google Sitemap Protocol (GSP) .
 
- NewtonSoft integrates with ASP.NET 2.0 to generate Google sitemap XML .NET 2.0 is required to download this program.
 
- Google Sitemaps Master is a PHP program through which, webmasters can create, modify and handle their XML files for Google sitemaps.
 
CMS AND OTHER PLUGINS
 
Before downloading Coppermine, you can preview it on Live-Demo. To create a google sitemap, after downloading this software, run the script on your serve.
 
Besides plugins, Loghounds is also a mac developer.
 
LinkScan 11.5 (http://www.musox.com/Downloads/details/id=39.html)
- LinkScan runs on Microsoft Windows, Macintosh OS X and Unix Systems.
 
DrupalModule (http://drupal.org/project/gsitemap)
- Matthew Loar wrote the code for Drupal Module. Its latest, 5.x-1.10 (http://drupal.org/node/142285) was officially launched on May 8, 2007.
 
Plugin for Ravenous (http://ravenous.solidosystems.com/)
- Ravenous is a webserver that operates on Java. Nevertheless, it should be known that it does not use any feature of Java Enterprise Edition standard.
 
DOWNLOADABLE TOOLS
 
Downloadable sitemap generator tools differ for each operating system. Or eg:- You might need Tipue for Windows while a site generator tool like Map-IT Sitemapper $ works on both PCs that run on Windows or Macintosh.
 
Devintelligence SitemapGenerator (Windows) (http://devintelligence.com/sitemapgenerator/)
- To run Devintelligence’s sitemap generator in your PC your system needs Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1.
 
GSiteCrawler (Windows) (http://gsitecrawler.com/)
         Currently adaptedby Yahoo! This site generator tool is completely free, all you need is Windows as your operating system. Besides generating a sitemap, gsitecrawler also gives options for HTML sitemap page, RSS feed, Yahoo urllist-file, ROR file and many more.
 
Tipue (Windows) (http://www.tipue.com/)
         The latest version is called Tipue JS 4.2. To collect data it uses XML, RSS or JavaScript.
 
Sorrowmans Sitemap Tools (Windows) (http://www.sorrowman.org/sitemap-tools/)
- Their sitemap tool is called Sitemap Filter v0.2. Their upcoming version seems exciting with features like:
  • Scan harddisk to generate sitemaps from local files

Google Sitemap Submission

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
A Google sitemap is created with XML format (Extensible Markup Language) which includes a list of URLs (date of last change, modification frequency, and relative priority). Google sitemaps will also give you top queries which pull traffic and how your website is faring in the seach engine result pages. If Google notices some erorrs or problems, your (via your Google account) will be informed.
 
          Given below is an XML code example of what would be required for inclusion for every webpage of your website:
 
<.url><.br> <.loc>http://www.yoursite.com/<./loc>
<.lastmod>2005-07-15
<.changefreq>monthly<./changefreq>
<.priority>0.5<./priority>
<./url>
 
          “In Google’s own words, with Google sitemaps:
 
  • Improve the visibility of your URLs on Google

Yahoo Sitemap Submission

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Creating a Yahoo! sitemap is simple. All you need is a Yahoo! i.d., even if you do not use Yahoo mail or any of its other multitude of services, create one now for the sole purpose of submitting your URL to yahoo sitemap. First, begin with creating a file called "urllist.txt" which includes an orderly list of all your URLs. Do keep a check on the size of your folder incase it gets too big use gzip to zip your file. Finally your initial file will now be known as urllist.xml.gz. Yahoo! accepts groups of web feed formats such as RSS 0.9, RSS 1.0 or RSS 2.0 and Atom 0.3.
 
          There is a new online tool, HTTP Headers Viewer which is used at xml-sitemaps.com. Along with Search Engine Bot Simulator and XML Sitemap Validator, HTTP Headers viewer too is gaining popularity. Unlike Google sitemaps which uses an xml format Yahoo! sitemap is composed in text format.
 
          After completing with the creation of your Yahoo! sitemap, click here. After you sign in, submit your URL to "Enter the URL for your feed". After which click on the "Submit Feed" button. And its
done.
 
          Adding a sitemap for your website is the best thing any webmaster can do. It may not guarantee top rankings but you can be assured all your hard work you put into creating your website does not go waste. There is no point if major search engines do not index your website. You can’t rankfro what the search engines can’t find. Mostly, it is for free.
 
Yahoo Site Map Submit and Yahoo Site Map Feed 
http://www.search-optimization.com/yahoo-submit/yahoo-sitemap-feed.htm
 
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Previous blog on  Yahoo Sitemap Feed and an article on Yahoo Sitemap. Submit.
 
 
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