If you have just started your blogging career, you may not know how search engines work and how to display your website in Google search results to drive traffic to your blog.
If you can help Google find your blog then you can show your website for free in Google search.
To do this, you need to know about Google Search Console (formerly known as Google Webmaster Tools).
Search Console is a free tool provided by Google to help you display your website in Google search results (indexes or crawls your website).
This tool also helps you improve the crawling rate of your blog.
You just have to do some simple things.
First of all, you want to verify in Google Search Console that you are the owner of the website.
And, the second and most important thing is to submit your blog / website sitemap to the search console.
Here, I am going to guide you step-by-step how to submit website sitemap in Google Search Console.
But, before that we have to understand what a sitemap actually is, and why it is important to present a sitemap for your blog.
To verify your website ownership on Search Console, you can refer to this article on the KISSmetrics blog.
So, without further ado, let's start.
When Google crawlers revolve around new web pages of web indexing in their database, new blogs are usually not remembered as just a few or no sites as well as they don't know about sitemap things.
A sitemap is either an XML or HTML file that contains all the URLs for the pages in your blog.
While HTML sitemaps help your visitors navigate through your blog, an XML sitemap helps search engines crawl in the same way.
When you submit an XML sitemap in Google Search Console, it helps search engine crawlers find all the URLs on your website and add them to their database.
There are various parts of a sitemap that affect the crawling rate of your blog, such as the size of your sitemap, the number of URLs in your sitemap, the priority of the pages on your blog, indexing the frequency, and so on.
Now, when you know about the Sitemap and its importance, go to the next steps.
This tutorial is divided into 2 parts.
One is for submitting a sitemap for a blog post (article) and the other is for submitting a sitemap for a static page such as Contact Us, About Us, Privacy Policy etc.
Part - 1
Submitting Sitemaps for Blog Posts
Step 1: You sign in to your Google Search Console account.
Step 2: Select the desired blog for which you want to submit a sitemap.
Step 3: On the left side of the page, click on the sitemap under the crawl section.
Step 4: Now, on the top-right corner of the page, click the Add / Test Sitemap button.
Step 5: Add the code below to the provided text field.
atom.xml? Redirect = false and start index = 1 & max-result = 500
If your post is longer than 500, then you should use this number in it.
sitemap 1: from 1 to 500
sitemap 2: from 501 to 1000
sitemap 3: from 1001 to 1500
This is the sitemap code for your blog that you need to add to your Blogger
Step 6: Press the "Submit Sitemap" button.
Step 7: Refresh the page.
congratulation! Have you completed the process of submitting your blog sitemap.
Note: The above sitemap will only work for 500 posts. If you have more than 500 posts published on your blog, then you need to add another sitemap.
The entire process will be the same, but at this time you will need to add this code.
atom.xml? Redirect = false and start index = 501 and maximum result = 1000
Bus. You are done with submitting a sitemap for the blog post. Now let's move to the second part, ie submitting sitemaps for blogspot static pages.
Part 2
Submitting Sitemaps for static pages
Sitemap for Blogger static page is completely different from blog post.
If you want Google bot to crawl and index your static pages, then you also need to submit a sitemap for them.
I have written a complete step-by-step tutorial on it. Read:
Let us know how to submit Blogger Static Pages Sitemap in Google Search Console.
Make sure you read the entire article. You will get some good valuable information at the end of the article.
Over To You
This was a step by step guide on how to add Blogger Sitemaps to Google Search Console.
Now, it's your time to try this tutorial and let us know if it was helpful for you.
Also, tell us how submitting a sitemap in Google Search Console affects your website.
Please share your thoughts with me on the implications of adding a sitemap and let me know in the comments if you need any help submitting your blog sitemap.
If you can help Google find your blog then you can show your website for free in Google search.
To do this, you need to know about Google Search Console (formerly known as Google Webmaster Tools).
Search Console is a free tool provided by Google to help you display your website in Google search results (indexes or crawls your website).
This tool also helps you improve the crawling rate of your blog.
You just have to do some simple things.
First of all, you want to verify in Google Search Console that you are the owner of the website.
And, the second and most important thing is to submit your blog / website sitemap to the search console.
Here, I am going to guide you step-by-step how to submit website sitemap in Google Search Console.
But, before that we have to understand what a sitemap actually is, and why it is important to present a sitemap for your blog.
To verify your website ownership on Search Console, you can refer to this article on the KISSmetrics blog.
So, without further ado, let's start.
What is a sitemap?
As the term sounds, a sitemap is actually a map of your website.When Google crawlers revolve around new web pages of web indexing in their database, new blogs are usually not remembered as just a few or no sites as well as they don't know about sitemap things.
A sitemap is either an XML or HTML file that contains all the URLs for the pages in your blog.
While HTML sitemaps help your visitors navigate through your blog, an XML sitemap helps search engines crawl in the same way.
When you submit an XML sitemap in Google Search Console, it helps search engine crawlers find all the URLs on your website and add them to their database.
There are various parts of a sitemap that affect the crawling rate of your blog, such as the size of your sitemap, the number of URLs in your sitemap, the priority of the pages on your blog, indexing the frequency, and so on.
Now, when you know about the Sitemap and its importance, go to the next steps.
Submit Blogger Sitemap to GoogleSearch Console.
Below is the complete process that you must follow to submit your Blogspot Blog Sitemap to Google Search Console.This tutorial is divided into 2 parts.
One is for submitting a sitemap for a blog post (article) and the other is for submitting a sitemap for a static page such as Contact Us, About Us, Privacy Policy etc.
Part - 1
Submitting Sitemaps for Blog Posts
Step 1: You sign in to your Google Search Console account.
Step 2: Select the desired blog for which you want to submit a sitemap.
Step 3: On the left side of the page, click on the sitemap under the crawl section.
Step 4: Now, on the top-right corner of the page, click the Add / Test Sitemap button.
Step 5: Add the code below to the provided text field.
atom.xml? Redirect = false and start index = 1 & max-result = 500
If your post is longer than 500, then you should use this number in it.
sitemap 1: from 1 to 500
sitemap 2: from 501 to 1000
sitemap 3: from 1001 to 1500
This is the sitemap code for your blog that you need to add to your Blogger
Step 6: Press the "Submit Sitemap" button.
Step 7: Refresh the page.
congratulation! Have you completed the process of submitting your blog sitemap.
Note: The above sitemap will only work for 500 posts. If you have more than 500 posts published on your blog, then you need to add another sitemap.
The entire process will be the same, but at this time you will need to add this code.
atom.xml? Redirect = false and start index = 501 and maximum result = 1000
Bus. You are done with submitting a sitemap for the blog post. Now let's move to the second part, ie submitting sitemaps for blogspot static pages.
Part 2
Submitting Sitemaps for static pages
Sitemap for Blogger static page is completely different from blog post.
If you want Google bot to crawl and index your static pages, then you also need to submit a sitemap for them.
I have written a complete step-by-step tutorial on it. Read:
Let us know how to submit Blogger Static Pages Sitemap in Google Search Console.
Make sure you read the entire article. You will get some good valuable information at the end of the article.
Over To You
This was a step by step guide on how to add Blogger Sitemaps to Google Search Console.
Now, it's your time to try this tutorial and let us know if it was helpful for you.
Also, tell us how submitting a sitemap in Google Search Console affects your website.
Please share your thoughts with me on the implications of adding a sitemap and let me know in the comments if you need any help submitting your blog sitemap.
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