"How to Manage and add new Sitemaps on Google WebMaster Tools. How to check your regular crawl/indexing statistics, you can update the new Sitemap URL in Webmaster tools."
In previous article, We discuss about Blogger Sitemap and complete code structure. Generally Google easily find out sitemap url from your blog through robots.txt file, but if you want to in another way specify your sitemap url and check your regular crawl/indexing statistics, you can update the new Sitemap URL in Webmaster tools. To add the new Blogger Sitemap, login at the below URL using your Google account.
Now navigate to the left-hand menu, click Crawl to expand the Crawl menu, and then click Sitemaps from the Crawl menu list.
Once the test is completed, click Open Test Results to see your test results.
{ Once you correct any issues identified by the test, you can click Resubmit to alert Google of any changes. }
Now click on the “ADD/TEST SITEMAP” button,give sitemap.xml in the text box and click “Submit Sitemap”
Refresh your browser to see your new sitemap in the sitemaps list.
Click on your new sitemap in the list of sitemaps on the Sitemaps page to open the Sitemaps Details page and investigate any current errors or potential warnings Google encountered reaching your sitemap or the URLs included in it.
If you had previously added blogger’s RSS/ATOM feed as the sitemap using old methods, you can delete them(or you can keep them, it doesn’t make a difference).
The Blogger XML sitemap is available on all blogger blogs including custom domain blogs or normal blogspot blogs. you just need to append /sitemap.xml to your blog’s home page URL to see the sitemap.
Question #2 – Can I add this blogger XML sitemap to Google Webmaster tools?
Yes you can add it to webmaster tools as described in the tutorial
Question #3 – Should I add blogger’s ATOM/RSS feed as blogger sitemap?
No you no longer need to do that. Blogger RSS/ATOM feeds will have a maximum of 500 posts. If you use the ATOM/RSS feed method, you will have to add new feeds everytime you make another 500 posts on your blog. Instead you can just add sitemap.xml as the only sitemap for your blog. Blogger will automatically add new posts to this sitemap and convert itself into a sitemap map in case there are more posts. So you can just add sitemap.xml and let Google/Blogger do the rest.
Question #4 - Should I then remove the old RSS/ATOM sitemaps from Webmaster tools?
Yes you can remove the old feed based sitemaps, but it’s not mandatory.
Question #5 - How can I remove my previous or old RSS/ATOM sitemaps from Webmaster tools?
Delete a sitemap from your Webmaster Tools account:
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Add A Site on Web Master Tool
If your blog was already added to webmaster tools, then it will be listed on Webmaster tools, if not add it using the “ADD A SITE” button. Once your blog is listed on Web Master tools, click on the blog site name so that it takes you to the Site Dashboard.
Add and Text Sitemap on Web Master Tool
Click on a sitemap in the list to open the Sitemaps Details page and click Test Sitemap in the top right corner. Alternatively, if you don't see the Sitemap you're looking for, click Add/Test Sitemap on the main Sitemaps page, enter in a URL path in the text box of the dialog that appears, and click Test.
Once the test is completed, click Open Test Results to see your test results.
{ Once you correct any issues identified by the test, you can click Resubmit to alert Google of any changes. }
Now click on the “ADD/TEST SITEMAP” button,give sitemap.xml in the text box and click “Submit Sitemap”
Refresh your browser to see your new sitemap in the sitemaps list.
Click on your new sitemap in the list of sitemaps on the Sitemaps page to open the Sitemaps Details page and investigate any current errors or potential warnings Google encountered reaching your sitemap or the URLs included in it.
If you had previously added blogger’s RSS/ATOM feed as the sitemap using old methods, you can delete them(or you can keep them, it doesn’t make a difference).
Blogger Sitemap – Frequently Asked Questions
Question #1 – Is this feature available for custom domain blogs or blogspot blogs or both?The Blogger XML sitemap is available on all blogger blogs including custom domain blogs or normal blogspot blogs. you just need to append /sitemap.xml to your blog’s home page URL to see the sitemap.
Question #2 – Can I add this blogger XML sitemap to Google Webmaster tools?
Yes you can add it to webmaster tools as described in the tutorial
Question #3 – Should I add blogger’s ATOM/RSS feed as blogger sitemap?
No you no longer need to do that. Blogger RSS/ATOM feeds will have a maximum of 500 posts. If you use the ATOM/RSS feed method, you will have to add new feeds everytime you make another 500 posts on your blog. Instead you can just add sitemap.xml as the only sitemap for your blog. Blogger will automatically add new posts to this sitemap and convert itself into a sitemap map in case there are more posts. So you can just add sitemap.xml and let Google/Blogger do the rest.
Question #4 - Should I then remove the old RSS/ATOM sitemaps from Webmaster tools?
Yes you can remove the old feed based sitemaps, but it’s not mandatory.
Question #5 - How can I remove my previous or old RSS/ATOM sitemaps from Webmaster tools?
Delete a sitemap from your Webmaster Tools account:
- On the Webmaster Tools Home page, click the site for which you want to remove a sitemap.
- Click Crawl in the left-hand dashboard, and then click Sitemaps from the sub-menu.
- Select the checkbox next to the sitemap(s) that you want to remove from Webmaster Tools, and then click Delete selected.
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