I use it for a number of important tasks related to crawling websites, checking XML sitemaps, flagging crawl errors, checking on-page optimization in bulk, etc. Google's Distinguished Engineer Matt Cutts announced that Penguin 2.0 went live on May...
The tool will currently ping both Bing and Google whenever the sitemaps are updated. The tool will generate XML sitemaps compliant with sitemaps.org and works for Apache HTTP servers and Windows servers.
Sitemaps? Content marketing has been around since SEO on Google has been called SEO. To not understand this is to not understand what Google and its algorithms measure and how this might affect your site.
Creating & Submitting Sitemaps Matt Cutts, the head of webspam at Google, has recorded an enormous amount of videos offering suggestions to help website owners create quality websites that perform well in the search.
Another thing you can do to help your crawl efficiency is to monitor your indexation accurately by using segmented XML files ‐ you can do this by splitting your XML sitemaps into categories, then use the following search operators – site: geturl...
Update XML sitemaps for text content, images, and videos. The regular monitoring of the metrics and data of the webmaster tools and Google Analytics to be sure that the above tasks are gearing the site in the right direction on the web.
Most successful SEOs operate with one foot in technology (working with XML sitemaps, sourcing technology solutions, etc.another in marketing (promoting content, researching keyword terms, etc.and a third in sales (evangelizing SEO in the...
Video Sitemaps Use the following 12 valuable tips to get your video to reach the first page of Google and YouTube, but most importantly build visibility to a large niche audience that is interested in what you have to offer.
urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
There are actually a number of ways to produce XML sitemaps so this isn't a deal breaker if a CMS can't produce an XML sitemap. While it is possible for Google to index some JavaScript menus, it's recommended that you avoid JavaScript based...
If we focus on the keyness factor and try to cater to correlate to a wide range of keyword data rather than focusing on the keywords alone in the URLs, titles and descriptions it gets passed on to the next layer of the emerging web, making the...
Manage sitemaps Over the past couple of years, Google has spent a significant amount of time incorporating feedback and making improvements to their Webmaster Tools. From gaining insight into how Google is crawling and indexing your site, to...
Submitting your XML sitemaps directly to engines can help them to discover new content on your site. Google Webmaster Tools also provides detailed list of broken links on your site and pinpoints the exact pages on your site from where the broken...
Please understand that, even though XML sitemaps is the easier way to implement this solution, there is still a lot of fiddling around. Peter then suggested to them that we try implementing rel="alternate" hreflang="country" in XML sitemaps.
To force recrawls, SEOs typically use tactics like resubmitting XML sitemaps, or using a free ping service like Seesmic Ping (formerly Ping.fm) or Ping-O-Matic to try and coax a crawl, or firing a bunch of social bookmarking links at the site.
Here’s where you can submit new sitemaps, and be informed of the success/error status of the sitemap. You’ll also see some basic information on your sitemaps, top keywords, and top pages linked to. Sitemaps
Sitemaps You can also see quite clearly if there are any issues that they’ve detected within your sitemaps. The page shows you the sitemaps that you’ve submitted, the number of pages they found in each, and the number of those pages that they’ve...
Developing sitemaps. While we must be aware, and understand, things like Google Panda/Penguin and other major changes in the algorithms, if we focus on doing “good marketing”, all other things should fall in line, and major algorithm changes...
This might include obvious sources and tasks you might overlook, such as analytics, sitemaps, your robots.txt file, and more. Google and Bing have a long and storied history of taking shots at each other whenever the opportunity presents itself and...
Basic SEO Troubleshooting With XML Sitemaps Wouldn't you prefer to describe your site to potential customers or visitors using your own words rather than leaving it in Google's artificial hands? When Google's algorithm decides a description is...
