When you have large website/portal there will be large amount of pages in your website, how will you create XML sitemaps?
If you want to create sitemap for static or website which has limited pages you can directly type xml-sitemaps.com or follow Google Sitemap Generator Tools in browser and in few seconds/minutes you will have your website XML Sitemap ready to submit it in Google webmaster tools. But this free tool allows you to create XML sitemap up to 500 pages, you can more over create custom sitemaps by generating directories URL into this tool, but it will be tedious method to create sitemaps because of lots of editing and URL checks for duplicate entry. Then how will you generate XML sitemaps for your website?
Google has own a sitemap generator tool. The Google Sitemap Generator is a Python script that generates a XML Sitemap for your website using the Sitemap Protocol. Python script can generate Sitemaps from URL, URL lists, web server directories, access logs or from existing sitemap which you have generated with Sitemap Generator.
What are the essentials to use Python Script?
* Python scripts must be connectable and run able on your web server.
* Python 2.2 or later installed must be installed on your web server.
* You must have knowledge of the commands that launches Python.
* You must be clear with directory path to your site.
* You must be able to upload files to your web server.
* To generate list of URLs with access logs you must be aware of encoding methods of access logs and the complete path to those access logs.
Many people do not know about this technical terms and tactics, than you should better check with your web hosting company.
Now you are ready with generating XML sitemaps with Google Sitemap Generator Tool.
Here I’ve mentioned steps which you need to follow to create XML sitemaps for your websites.
- Download Sitemap Generator Program Files
- Create and Customize the Configuration File.
- Upload Custom Configuration File, Python Script File, URLList.txt (Optional), etc.
- Run Python Script
- Submit the generated XML sitemap to your Google Webmaster Account
- Setting up a recurring script to let Google know about updated content in your website.
To get more details on Generating XML Sitemap with Google Sitemap Generator Click Below:
How to create XML sitemap with Google Sitemap Generator
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