Spidering my Blog

dcmilam · 19th Jan 2009, 09:22 PM

Hi, Everyone,

I added blogger to my website and then ran a site mapper. The site mapper picks up my blog page, but does not list (or see) the archives or current posts.

I know that blogger uses "flash", how do I get the blog archives, etc listed to "sitemap.xml"?

And if not, does Google and the other spiders know the info exist?

If the archives and current post are not listed, will this affect page ranking?

I'm old school, still trying to understand what "flash" is!

Thx, Dan

Kooza · 19th Jan 2009, 09:56 PM

The site map tool you used may have been set to only crawl so many levels deep?

Blogger doesn't use flash, at least not in a way that would hinder your blog posts from being indexed. That would be rather embarrassing if that was the case considering Blogger is owned by Google.

Try signing up for Google Webmaster tools and submitting your RSS feed for your blog as a site map.

If you get more back links to your site your content is much more likely to get indexed in a timely manner and more importantly rank well in the search engines.

Regards,
Mike.

19th Jan 2009, 09:22 PM	#1
dcmilam Active Warrior Join Date: 2004 Location: Kannapolis, NC Posts: 52 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts	Spidering my Blog Share on: Hi, Everyone, I added blogger to my website and then ran a site mapper. The site mapper picks up my blog page, but does not list (or see) the archives or current posts. I know that blogger uses "flash", how do I get the blog archives, etc listed to "sitemap.xml"? And if not, does Google and the other spiders know the info exist? If the archives and current post are not listed, will this affect page ranking? I'm old school, still trying to understand what "flash" is! Thx, Dan
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19th Jan 2009, 09:56 PM	#2
Kooza HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2005 Location: Auckland, New Zealand. Posts: 154 Thanks: 0 Thanked 46 Times in 31 Posts	Re: Spidering my Blog Share on: The site map tool you used may have been set to only crawl so many levels deep? Blogger doesn't use flash, at least not in a way that would hinder your blog posts from being indexed. That would be rather embarrassing if that was the case considering Blogger is owned by Google. Try signing up for Google Webmaster tools and submitting your RSS feed for your blog as a site map. If you get more back links to your site your content is much more likely to get indexed in a timely manner and more importantly rank well in the search engines. Regards, Mike.