i want to create an XML site map for my website....i dont know where to start........anyone who knows how to create because it helps the website to be crawl better.
I suggest you start with this xml sitemaps guide (http://www.microsystools.com/products/sitemap-generator/help/xml-sitemap-generator-tutorial/). It explains and links to 4 tutorials covering: Crawl website, create XML sitemap, upload XML sitemap and ping XML sitemap
thanks for the links, its very useful...i think i can make by myself through the website.
You can create XML sitemap based on the Sitemap protocol or using Google webmaster tools. Google lets you submit a text file or RSS / Atom feed as a Sitemap.
Refer to thisl ink to create sitemap using Sitemap protocol
http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html
Refer to this link for how to create a sitemap
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=183668
However there are third party tools available.
Refer to this link for complete list of third party tools
http://code.google.com/p/sitemap-generators/wiki/SitemapGenerators
you should install Google XML Sitemaps plugins its free one. it will create xml sitemap automatically.
A WordPress XML sitemap is basically a file that has all of the URL's to all of your pages and posts listed along with some additional data. The plugin we are looking for is "Google XML Sitemaps" by Arne Brachhold. So search for "Google XML Sitemaps" and it should be the top result.
Install Xenu, Click over file-> Check Url -> It will take several minutes to check for all urls. Then again click on File from here select "Create Google sitemap files"
Its easy to build from here and you can get all details like broken links, other errors and can fix them.
Hello...
Here are some steps to create a XML site map given below:-
1)Enter your full website URL and some optional parameters in the form below.
2)Press 'Start' button and wait until the site is completely crawled.
3)You will be redirected to the generated sitemap details page, including number of pages, broken links list, XML file content and link to a sitemap file. Download the sitemap file using that link and put it into the domain root folder of your site.
4)Go to your Google Webmaster account and add your sitemap URL.
Thnx...:)
Really great information about creating XML sitemap. XML sitemap is very useful because Google first check the yourdomain/sitemap.xml and see their path and according to that Google index pages.
you can easily create online xml sitemap by xml sitemap generator tool.