Website Sitemap creation service
Many website sitemaps can created manually, using a text editor or html editor. Far better is a professional created grade sitemap, specifically tailored to your website, and up to date. Saves time and effort. Why do I offer a website sitemap service?, because most companies do not have the staff or time to do it themselves. Most website owners do not realise how import the site is the successful indexing of all the information within a website. This can dramatically effect the position with the search engine results page (serp)
Google now lists date-specific content higher in the results.
The xml website sitemap is considered the most important by Google and Bing. This map contains specific information on each page and the latest versions include the date and time. This is now used by Google to rate pages according the how fresh or new they are in relationship to other pages. New pages indexed by Google will show higher in the results, just what you want for your pages. You need to create sitemap
I use professional grade software to create sitemaps for all business customers. I take care of a problem which can seriously effect the search results of your company website. This can be done on a regular basis to suit your budget. More than 50% of company websites don't have a sitemap, and many others do not maintain them. I create a package of 12 sitemaps, which will be current on the day of production. This is a major reason why many companies never achieve high positions in search results, most of the information on the website is never indexed correctly, and is often out of date. Both Google and Bing use the xml type sitemap. Here is my latest version of an xml website sitemap. You will notice the information provided for each and every page I want listed, including the date and time.
Covers creation of all
sitemaps and updated 3 times in any one calendar month.
You will be taken to a simple form, on completion you can make your payment using PayPal.
It is really important that website sitemaps are produced which show detailed dates and update times in the map. This means every time a page is changed, added or deleted (Don't delete, reuse) the relevant sitemaps also need updating. Small details like this can make a significant difference to increased visitor numbers.
I send a robot to index your website, it's function is to discover and locate all the information publicly available. Pages, images, etc, then a sitemap is created based on this information in the required formats (12). If the software can access the information, so can a search index robot, I just help them find everything you want to show.
Naturally you can make your own website site map, using free software. Can you imagine how much time you need to do all 12 types? You need to do this once every week, to ensure you are indexed correctly. I offer a special discount if you would like me to maintain your sitemaps for you. Costs a lot less than you might think. Ask for details, One less problem to think about, and you can stop at anytime.
What is a sitemap and why are they important? Some Examples.
A website sitemap can be considered as an index of all the information on your website. Pages, images, videos, PDF files, and special versions for news, mobile, RSS, etc. search engines use different sitemaps to recognise new pages and more importantly, when they were updated. See the Wikipedia article on Sitemaps
Types you need are in the format .html, .html, .rss, .xml, .txt, .net and are always placed in the main directory of your website. Different search engines use different types of sitemaps, i.e. Google uses an .xml sitemap. Yahoo uses a .txt sitemap etc. plus the robot.txt file.
Unique xml sitemap example
The most important sitemap of all.
<url>
<loc>http://www.drachsi.com/website-sitemaps.htm</loc>
<lastmod>2012-01-11T07:53:28+00:00</lastmod>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>0.8</priority>
</url>
<url>
<loc>http://www.drachsi.com/website-solutions.htm</loc>
<lastmod>2012-01-05T07:53:38+00:00</lastmod>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>0.7</priority>
</url>
You will notice the location and page name is listed. The last date and time of the update. Frequency of change, this can be daily, weekly, monthly etc. the time that the search bot should return to check for new updates. Priority is special value for the significance of the page. Newer pages indexed by Google will be listed higher in the results page. This layout and information is very suitable for Google.
A Google style sitemap is essential for every website
A Google sitemap is in the xml format and serves two main functions. The first is to provide an index of your website content for Google to research and index. Important if you want all your pages, images, video's, pdf's etc., to be listed.
The second function of the sitemap is to notify Google when you have made additions, changes and the date and time the changes were made. In the old days you had to do every thing manually, now having an xml sitemap, the process is automatically done for you.
The Text Sitemap
http://www.drachsi.com/business-consulting.htm
http://www.drachsi.com/business-links.htm
http://www.drachsi.com/business-networking.htm
http://www.drachsi.com/business-video.htm
http://www.drachsi.com/client-newsletter-login.htm
http://www.drachsi.com/customer-support-survey.htm
http://www.drachsi.com/customer-support.htm
http://www.drachsi.com/disqus.htm
Easy to create using a simple text editor. Not used as much nowadays.
An HTML sitemap
- Customer Support from Drachsi.
- Customer support ticket system from drachsi.com
- Privacy Policy for Drachsi.com website
- A selection of web promotion ideas
- Standard Terms and Conditions for Drachsi website
Still an important part of any SEO of a website is the html sitemap. This should be on every website for the visitor to locate and view. Forms part of the group of important sitemaps.
RSS or news feed Sitemap
I shall discuss an RSS feed in another article, but if you use a feed on your site, you need this sitemap.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Business management resources. Your Virtual
Webmaster</title>
<link>http://www.drachsi.com/</link>
<description>RSS feed : http://www.drachsi.com/</description>
<lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:56:31 GMT</lastBuildDate>
Web Sitemaps
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<siteMap xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AspNet/SiteMap-File-1.0">
<siteMapNode title="Business management resources. Your Virtual
Webmaster" description="A virtual Webmaster is cost effective for
the smaller company. You get exactly what you want" url="~/">
A newer version of a general sitemap. Can be used by a variety of search machines for indexing.
Video Sitemaps
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
xmlns:video="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-video/1.1">
<url>
<loc>http://www.drachsi.com/blogs-forums.htm</loc>
<lastmod>2012-01-07T11:43:53+00:00</lastmod>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>0.7</priority>
<video:video>
<video:player_loc allow_embed="yes">http://www.youtube.com/v/GgmXYZOBVJM</video:player_loc>
<video:thumbnail_loc>http://img.youtube.com/vi/GgmXYZOBVJM/default.jpg</video:thumbnail_loc>
<video:title>Marketing a Brand with Blogs and Forums. Small business
blog</video:title>
<video:description>Using a Blog to feed into
an existing website, working examples of a small business blog. This
is a business link to business resources</video:description>
<video:tag>business</video:tag>
<video:tag>a</video:tag>
<video:tag>blog</video:tag>
<video:tag>brand</video:tag>
<video:tag>link</video:tag>
<video:tag>marketing</video:tag>
<video:tag>resources</video:tag>
<video:tag>small</video:tag>
<video:tag>using</video:tag>
<video:category>business</video:category>
</video:video>
</url>
If you host videos on your website, this is the type of sitemap you need. Notice the detailed amount of information available to the search engines for index.
There is a lot of worked needed to maintain all the different types, better let me do it for you. You might like to read the following instructions from Google for a News sitemap. I have a Sitemap request form. Don't forget, you still have to add your url to Google, Bing, Yahoo, Alexa and DMOZ, so they know you exist. Part of my service.
You might be interested in a site map survey I conducted, more than 90% of Sitemap Providers don't use their own product.
I am producing a visual website sitemap that will make it easier to locate information on this site. I know what I mean when I create a Menu item, but it might not be listed in the way you expect. Also there are many more pages on this site than are listed in the Menu. You can use the special search function I created, using normal words. Website Sitemap Search
