5 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}
5 {{ upvoteCount | shortNum }}

Sitemap Recognition

by gb530
4 replies
  • SEO
    • |
just wondering if placing the following code in the header will get my sitemap recognized?

<link href="http://domain.com/sitemap.xml" />

PS I Dont want to use a WP plugin or place in robots.txt file. I'm just looking for a quick line of code I can throw in the header of my HTML doc so engines can detect my sitemap file.

Thanks a lot!
#recognition #sitemap
  • Profile picture of the author MonitorScout
    No, this way your site map won't get recognized.

    Since the main reason of sitemap submission is to notify the search engine's crawler to craw your web pages, if the crawler can come automatically then what is the worth of submitting sitemap.

    To get your sitemap recognized to Google or other search engine, the best thing is to log in to Webmaster tools of respective search engines, and submit it over there. So the search engine bots can crawl your site.
    Signature
    Monitor Scout - Website & Server Monitoring
    50 different checks, SNMP monitoring and much more.
    https://www.monitorscout.com
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7529673].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author praveen1
    Google Webmaster is the best friend for this work.
    Signature
    Mark Berry
    Online Marketing Consultant (SEO, SMO, SMM, ORM, Content Development, Wordpress)
    SERP Wizard
    Free SEO Audit
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7529992].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author Microsys
    Reference your sitemap.xml in your robots.txt file (called sitemaps auto discovery)
    Signature
    XML-Sitemaps-Generator.com | HREFLang-Sitemaps.com | HTML-Sitemap.com | TechSEO360.com
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7530267].message }}
  • Profile picture of the author gb530
    Thanks for the advice everyone.
    {{ DiscussionBoard.errors[7533187].message }}

Trending Topics