Install Google XML Sitemaps Wordpress Plugin

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As we know that Google is the biggest search engine player this day. I once know that Google search send 80% of total traffic for some famous blog. That’s why optimize blog regarding to Google search engine is mandatory. I install “Google XML Sitemaps” wordpress plugin for Google Sitemap optimizing sake. Google Sitemap is a Google service that allows webmasters to submit and get fastest index of desire URLs that included in Google search. It can tell that Google sitemap help Google to get more complete information of the blog/site.

I choose to install “Google XML Sitemaps” Wordpress plugin as Google sitemap optimizing tool because this wordpress plugin is powerful enough to fulfill my needs.

Here my way to install “Google XML Sitemaps“:

Go to Wordpress “Site Admin” page

Go to “Plugin” tab and click it

Click “Add new” button

Insert “Google XML Sitemaps” in search form

Click “Search Plugin” button

The “Google XML Sitemaps” plugin appears

Click “Install” button

Click “Install Now” button

Click “Activate” button for “Google XML Sitemaps” plugin activation

Go to “Plugin” tab and click it

Locate “Google XML Sitemaps” and click “Settings” button

Build the sitemap by click at “Click here” link. It seemsneed time for sitemap building, just patiently wait.

Ok, “Google XML Sitemaps” plugin already working normally.

I leave default setting for my blog, but we always can customize it by click “Settings” button.

Then log in to google webmaster service

Choose the domain that we want to submit

Click “Sitemap Configuration” tab, and then click “Sitemaps” button

Click “Submit a Sitemaps” button

Fill the sitemap address, i fill with letupdate.com/sitemap.xml as my sitemap xml address

Click “Submit Sitemap” button

Voila! The sitemap installation is finish.

“Google XML Sitemaps” plugin will create a Google sitemaps compliant XML-Sitemap of WordPress blog. It supports all of the WordPress generated pages as well as custom ones. All the edit or create a post activity make sitemap updated and all major search engines that support the sitemap protocol, like ASK.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO, are notified about the update.

That’s all update for this time, wait for next update!

Author: dana (100)

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Johnluffa

October 2nd, 2009 at 5:17 am · Reply

Good instructions.
This plugin is absolutely essential to get under Google’s radar.

Jared P Little

October 2nd, 2009 at 9:19 am · Reply

This is a great plugin I use it on my blog very powerful and easy to install nice instructions.

October 2nd, 2009 at 10:59 am · Reply

Google XML Sitemap is a must have for every serious blogger. I am still in the learning phase of the whole Google Webmaster tools. I did find out that my site had some crawl errors though. Thanks for the info.

Nhoel

October 2nd, 2009 at 11:59 am · Reply

looks a complicated steps for an average users, might scare them away. but ill try to look at this.

thanks!
-Nhoel of http://keywordspeak.com

dana

October 2nd, 2009 at 12:21 pm · Reply

@Johnluffa

Yes, it is an essential for google index.

@Jared P Little

Yah, it is a must install plugin.

@DJ

Yah, you must try it.

I am still in learning to optimize it too.

@Nhoel

steppinout

October 2nd, 2009 at 7:42 pm · Reply

Use it on all my WP blog. Other than that you can try to add another great plugin called Sitemap Generator Plugin alongside with Google Sitemap (http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/sitemap-generator-plugin-for-wordpress/).

Features :
multi-level categories and pages, category/page exclusion, multiple-page generation with navigation, permalink support, choose what to display, what order to list items in, show comment counts and/or post dates, and much more.

Michael Aulia

October 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 pm · Reply

A must have plug-in for all WordPress blogs Enuff said

Blake @ Props Blog

October 2nd, 2009 at 9:09 pm · Reply

Dana,
As always, you’re directions are clear and easy to follow. I already have Google XML Sitemaps installed and have found it to be extremely convenient.

October 2nd, 2009 at 11:19 pm · Reply

@steppinout

It seems a great feature plugin but i will try to optimize the xml sitemap plugin before try another. Thanks for the info anyway.

@Michael Aulia

Yup, a must indeed.

@Blake @ Props Blog

It is working perfectly for me too.

Ricky

October 3rd, 2009 at 10:42 am · Reply

A must have plugin for all wordpress blogger. You need to create a sitemap manually before installing this plugin. There are few more plugin that will generate site map based on your tags.

October 3rd, 2009 at 9:09 pm · Reply

@Ricky

I think sitemap create automatically because it work even i never create sitemap manually. But, I may use sitemap generator to optimize my sitemap.

BigManta

October 14th, 2009 at 12:39 am · Reply

This is one of the essential plugins that I install on every site and blog that I set up. It helps tremendously and only takes a few minutes to get up and running.