How Important is a site map-link in the footer of a wordpress blog?

samuelbell · 10-11-2009, 06:47 AM

Hello,

Do many of you guys use wordpress blogs? If so how important is a site-map page within the blog and how important is a link to that site-map page in the footer?

Thanks guys

Bruce Hearder · 10-11-2009, 07:41 AM

I never both with a link to my sitemap in the footer, becuaser the place the search engines would prefer to find it is in the robots.txt file

So edit your robots.txt file to look something like the following :

User-agent: *
Disallow:
sitemap : http://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml

If you don't know how to make a google sitemap file, then just Google the term and there are dozens of free tools to do it.

If you are running WP, then there is a wordpress plugin that you can install and it will automatically create a new sitemap for you everytime you make a new post. Works very well, and I have it installed on all my blogs

Get it here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...r/screenshots/

Hope this helps

Bruce

samuelbell · 10-11-2009, 07:54 AM

Thanks for your help Bruce,

I already have an xml site map plug-in installed and have submitted it to Google a while ago my site is indexed in the number 6 spot for my main keyword. I just wondered If I should have a sitemap page on my blog with actual html links to all my posts and pages, I am unsure If I should add one or leave it out?

Bruce Hearder · 10-11-2009, 08:17 AM

I wouldn't bother with a html version of your sitemap, unless its vitally important for uour visitors.
i find these sitemaps a pain to keep updated and they become really big, really quicly..

take care

Bruce

samuelbell · 10-11-2009, 08:32 AM

Thanks for the help Bruce its most Appreciated.

Samuel.

Joshua.E1 · 10-11-2009, 10:25 PM

A sitemap helps the search engines to index your site easily. A Xml sitemap is a very useful and fast way to create.

Read Submit Xml Sitemap To Major Search Engines Fast And Free

Why do we need to place it at the footer most of the time, is because sitemaps is not very important to human readers. Some do not even know what are sitemaps, what they are looking for is content and how it can help them.

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Bruce Hearder Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perth, Australia. Posts: 717 Thanks: 4 Thanked 182 Times in 138 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How Important is a site map-link in the footer of a wordpress blog? I never both with a link to my sitemap in the footer, becuaser the place the search engines would prefer to find it is in the robots.txt file So edit your robots.txt file to look something like the following : User-agent: * Disallow: sitemap : http://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml If you don't know how to make a google sitemap file, then just Google the term and there are dozens of free tools to do it. If you are running WP, then there is a wordpress plugin that you can install and it will automatically create a new sitemap for you everytime you make a new post. Works very well, and I have it installed on all my blogs Get it here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...r/screenshots/ Hope this helps Bruce
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samuelbell HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 166 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 85 Thanked 24 Times in 4 Posts	Re: How Important is a site map-link in the footer of a wordpress blog? Thanks for your help Bruce, I already have an xml site map plug-in installed and have submitted it to Google a while ago my site is indexed in the number 6 spot for my main keyword. I just wondered If I should have a sitemap page on my blog with actual html links to all my posts and pages, I am unsure If I should add one or leave it out?
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10-11-2009, 08:17 AM	#4
Bruce Hearder Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perth, Australia. Posts: 717 Thanks: 4 Thanked 182 Times in 138 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How Important is a site map-link in the footer of a wordpress blog? I wouldn't bother with a html version of your sitemap, unless its vitally important for uour visitors. i find these sitemaps a pain to keep updated and they become really big, really quicly.. take care Bruce
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10-11-2009, 08:32 AM	#5
samuelbell HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 166 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 85 Thanked 24 Times in 4 Posts	Re: How Important is a site map-link in the footer of a wordpress blog? Thanks for the help Bruce its most Appreciated. Samuel.
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Joshua.E1 HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 258 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 11 Posts	Re: How Important is a site map-link in the footer of a wordpress blog? A sitemap helps the search engines to index your site easily. A Xml sitemap is a very useful and fast way to create. Read Submit Xml Sitemap To Major Search Engines Fast And Free Why do we need to place it at the footer most of the time, is because sitemaps is not very important to human readers. Some do not even know what are sitemaps, what they are looking for is content and how it can help them.
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