Sitemap Plugin

It is very important that you have a sitemap. It is even more important that you have a sitemap that is compatible with Google. A sitemap tells Google where all of your articles are.

I use this WordPress plugin that works really well:
http://www.arnebrachhold.de/2005/06/05/google-sitemaps-generator-v2-f…
Create a blank page in notepad, save it as sitemap.xml. Upload it to the root directory of your blog. You might have to give write permission to other. If you don’t know how, Google CHMOD.

Once you’ve got the sitemap plugin installed add the following URL to your WordPress Options, Writing, Update Services list. This will let Google know every time your blog gets updated (don’t forget to switch out the url!) www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=http://www.YOURSITE.com/...

The last thing to do is go to Google sitemaps. Sign up with them and upload your sitemap. Make sure you verify it. The great thing about this is, Google will give you special stats on your blog. What people are searching for, who’s linking to you, what articles they have, etc.

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