Sitemaps for Static Sites

Sometimes you want a static webpage. I’ve recently discovered a nice third party tool to help create a Google sitemap for static sites. This tool assumes your server supports PHP.

:: Click on the link http://www.softswot.com/sitemapinfo.php
:: Download the Sitemap XML file
:: Unzip it
:: Upload the Sitemapxml.php file to the root directory of your static site
:: Now use your browser and go to http://www.yoursite.com/sitemapxml.php
:: Type in the URL of your site
:: Adjust the options as necessary
:: Click on Generate Sitemap XML
:: After a few seconds it will place some code below
:: Copy all of this code into a notepad document
:: Save the document as sitemap.xml
:: Upload this file to the root directory of your site
:: Log in to your Google sitemap account and add a new sitemap.
:: Type in your path http://www.yoursite.com/sitemap.xml
:: I also verify all of my new sitemaps (follow instruction on Google sitemaps to verify)

That’s about it. Creating a sitemap for your static sites isn’t too hard. I suggest submitting everything to Google sitemaps. I like to help Google crawl my sites as much as I can.

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