how to submit blogger sitemap to google-useful tip for new bloggers
Posted by kranthi on Tuesday, December 18, 2007This tip explains how to generate and submit blogger sitemap to google webmaster tools:
Before doing this,let me say what are sitemaps and how they will help us.The reason we use them is,they will help google bot to crawl,index pages of your site and tell you if there are any problems when they try to index it.It also helps you to know,how many pages exactly are indexed,and what people searched in the search engine to visit your site.
Let me explain the detailed procedure on how to submit your blogger sitemap to google.
1.First,go to google webmaster tools and sign in with your gmail account.
2.After you logged in, you will see this asking you to add a site.
Before doing this,let me say what are sitemaps and how they will help us.The reason we use them is,they will help google bot to crawl,index pages of your site and tell you if there are any problems when they try to index it.It also helps you to know,how many pages exactly are indexed,and what people searched in the search engine to visit your site.
Let me explain the detailed procedure on how to submit your blogger sitemap to google.
1.First,go to google webmaster tools and sign in with your gmail account.
2.After you logged in, you will see this asking you to add a site.

Add your blog url(ex:kranthitips.blogspot.com).Don't add with http or www.
3.Next,it asks you to verify your site.It is just to confirm whether you are the owner or not.
CLICK on the 'verify your site' link.

Next,

4.There are two ways to verify your ownership but, there is only one way for the blogger users to add a metatag.

5.Copy the metatag.
Now,sign into your blogger account>click the layout button>Edit html and paste the metatag just after the head tag and save the changes.
and click the verify button in the google webmaster tools and there will be a confirmation message saying that you have sucessfully verified.
Now,you have to submit a sitemap for google to crawl your site.Go back to the google webmaster dashboard or (home) and click the 'Add' link which is next to your blog name and in the Sitemaps column.Then,you see this,

Choose 'Add general web sitemap' from the dropdown menu and type rss.xml or atom.xml next to your blog address as shown below
or
and click the 'Add General Web Sitemap' button.6.That's it.Now your sitemap is successfully submitted to google.Check 2 or 3 days after and you will see the detailed statistics of your blog(indexed pages,any errors,etc.)
If you have any questions regarding this,you can ask here via your comments
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153 comments:
Great work buddy.. you are a real GURU for newbies like me
can blogs with "Blogger: Content Warning" be indexed/veryfied at all??
I've been trying to do this but google says it cannot find metatag,although I paste in into blog html code. If you know how to help me,please e-mail me(jupiterrus@yahoo.com)
best regards!
Hi, great detailed explanation on how to do this with Blogspot. I'm wondering if you know of some sort of issue with feedburner re-direct and the sitemap? It seems that not all of my pages are being indexed by Google. Very strange.
GREAT GREAT help for noobs like me... more power :D
I am a new blogger and I would like your help. I followed your directions on how to submit blogger sitemap to google. Yesterday, I found out Google could not verify my site. I received a 404 error. Upon further investigating, I discovered my site www.nygmennfl.blogspot.com is somehow linked to www.giantsnfl.blogspot.com. My email address did appear in the nav bar of the latter blog. (giantsnfl.blogspot.com)
What do I need to do?
glenn
Hi glenn w,
Don't type www.yourblogname.blogspot.com in the Google Webmaster tools dashboard.
You just have to type "yourblogname.blogspot.com"(excluding www) and click on ADD SITE.
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and your blog is not linked to giantsnfl.blogspot.com .
In short words,"If you sign into blogger,your email address will appear on the navbar of each and every blog you visit.
Ok- so yeah I'm a newby too and I appreciate the tips about the sitemap stuff. However, what is the difference between an 'atom' and 'rss' file to begin with and is one better than the other?
I am a new blogger and technically challenged. I was able to follow your step-by-step process and was able to submit my site map to Google. Thanks!!
I am having difficulty submitting my
sitemap to Google. When I first created my blog, the name I gave it was giantsnflblog.com. Later,in the publishing section, I placed the following name nygmennfl.blogspot.com in the blogspot address field. I like the name nygmennfl for my site.
I have successfully verified my
site nygmennfl.blogspot.com. However,
I cannot add a sitemap. On my dashboard, under sitemap, there is a
notation site map not allowed with a question mark. I click on the
question mark. Then I do not understand the reply on Why I can't add a
sitemap? There is mention about a preferred domain and how I listed
the site. I do not know how to fix this. If you google my site, with key words such as New York Football Giants, NYGmen, New York Giants, their search engine does not pick up my site. I noticed articles I have wriiten on other sites are picked up. Please help me here. I would like to have this corrected.
great tips. although the report is error cause i redirect my feed to other feed generator, google still find my last update.
I tried to follow the steps, but adding the sitemap failed: as I'm blind, I saved the page about this tip as an txt-file, and tried to follow the steps as you described. But when I typed the url of the sitemap in the field, I got a message I typed the url of a file that isn't on that page. But I never found a sitemap file available for download or don't know how to create it. I used the link example.blogspot.com/atom.xml and example.blogspot.com/atom.xml, but with the same result.
Could you please contact me with your help on katty dot geltmeyer ad safe-mail dot net ? I also have a question concerning adding an alt tag to my photograph on the blog, I don't know where to add the required html-code. In the template? Or anywhere else? How to do that?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Best, Katty
I tried to follow the steps, but adding the sitemap failed.
I got this error - URL restricted by robots.txt
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.
Please help! Please email me mazda113(at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks!
Hi I like your style of explaining with images, etc.
My question is: how do I know if I did it right? My site hasn't shown up in Google yet even though it has only been 2 days. Is there a way to know if I have done it correctly/registered correctly and added the right HTML's?
I am totally new at this ur posts are helping me a lot. Thanx a ton.
For those of you having issues with feedburner; use (feeds/posts/default?redirect=false) instead of the typcial atom.xml or rss.xml. Google accepts it and properly index's everything!
Hope it works out for you.
http://thoughtspeaker.blogspot.com
Belum pernah terpikirkan ada seseorang yang mempunyai memampuan seperti anda, Thanks alot
what that mean dude...??
Very valuable information!
Hi I did what you said and put in atom.xml and i was indexed for a while. Then i was not indexed. I went to my site map and found it had a 404 error on it. But in did not have this before, and every time i resubmit it it is rejected could you help me with this. thank you spicylatincelebs@gmail.com
thanks ya your post was of great help to me. i think you are an expert. could you visit my blog and give suggestions to improve it
hey pls help me..
thanks for ur this article...
i m not able to add my sitemap on google...
atom.xml and rss.xml does not works...
pls help me...
my id is jagwinder15@gmail.com
In hope of a responce from u....by:jagwinder...
hi Jagwinder,
Which template are you using..??
Sometimes the problem is with your template too..
i m not using any templete...check my blog pls...
jagwinder15.blogspot.com
Hi Jagwinder,
I visited your blog and found that you didn't added the Google Verification Meta tag. If you didn't verify your ownership in Google webmaster tools, how can you add the sitemap ??
Pls, read the article carefully and completely and try once again.
Hi Dear,
This is really awesomely written.
Step by step is definitely useful for newbies.
However there is a bug :) in your post.
Please change the google webmaster tools link target url from "http://www.blogger.com/www.google.com/webmasters/tools/" to "http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/"
Bbye.
Hey Kranthi,
I am getting this warning when I submitted my blog to Google Webmasters.
"Invalid XML: too many tags
Too many tags describing this tag. Please fix it and resubmit.
Parent tag: channel
Tag: link"
Does this warning prevent google crawlers from entering into my blog?
Is this warning really a problem?
How can i remove it?
Please help.
Thanks,
Sunny
Hi Sunny Tambi,
There is a simple solution to this..
Just delete your present feed and add the feed url like this next time.
instead of
http://yourblog.blogspot.com/atom.xml
use this,
http://yourblog.blogspot.com/atom.xml?redirect=false
hope it helps..
if your site is blogg site then how do you change your domain to USERNAME.COM
i have USERNAME.BLOGSPOT.COM
how can i remove blogspot from site name
@ vivimagic,
To do that, first you have to register that USERNAME.COM using some domain registration services like godaddy.com,namecheap.com,etc
and you have to pay some $$ for that.After that,you have to redirect username.blogspot.com to username.com from that registate service Control panel.
hello i added my sitemap as..../atom.xml....its showing some errors like "URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location." for almost every blog post.also i see urls submitted = 1 & urls indexed=0...plz tell me whats the problem and how can i rectify it.thanx in advance
tanx!!
Really Really Helpful, Thank You! I;ve added a link to this on my blog (http://discovery4x4.blogspot.com) due to the fact I think It's really Helpfull.
thanks kranthi nice one.
Very Helpful post. Thanks.
http://ootyblog.blogspot.com
Thanks a lot. I have been able to add the sitemap finally.
Tony
electronics345.blogspot.com
thanks maa
oke..thank for info I have been tried, It is still pending
i put "feeds/posts/full" instead of rss.xml because im using the new blogger. :)
a very informative blog.
Wow thanks a lot for your very helpul tips. I am fairly new to blogging and I hope that I can gain some traffic =P
www.LovelySeoul.blogspot.com
I am trying to add sitemap but its giving error.I am not able to understand what to put ?I am getting this error..."We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit:
I am not able to find out what I should put and how to findit out ?http://myblog.blogspot.com.what?
What should i put rss ? atom? feeds/posts/default? The problem is I do not know what to use please help...
Hi I am also having 3 problems and i need to know howto fix it .
1.URL not found:when I got to overview to see.
2.urls not followed.
3.URLs restricted by robots.txt
please please explain how to rectify this i am not able to understand what google tells in help menu ...i will be very
Once again,great stuff mate.Did ya u advised and successfully add my blog into Google site.Thanks dude.~Cheers~ =)
Thanks mate :)
Thanks for the post. Slowly fine tuning my site with your help :)
it works!! my blog is looking legit!!
Im having the same problem as Chessyman.
"URL not allowed
This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location." is message at google sitemap. Any ideas?
thanks buddy,my year long journey to solve the problem at least it si solved.tahnks a ton.
what is the different between putting 'www' or instead just USERNAME.BLOGSPOT.COM? I mean, related to google crawl or pagerank?
thanks...
Thanks for the info. Much appreciate.
PS: Love your sites design. Good luck ranking
highly man. Your niche is very competitive!
when i put rss.xml and press the enter button. i got this below message:
Redirect error: Redirect error
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.
what to do.
great! i finally got it! thanks!
thnaks going to try now. http://playtoyblog.blogspot.com
Thanks a Ton..your step-by-step guide was very useful.
www.locales-travels.blogspot.com
Thanks i have no question it works perfectly.You are kind.
Pls help me..my sitemap turn to this error:-
General HTTP error: 404 not found
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.
I submited My url but google reported problem after 24hours.
Hi folks,
At first i too scratched my head to find “HTTP error : 404 not found” whether i give atom.xml or rss.xml or others..
Later i found in the dashboard where i add the site names
both the below are added :
justnareshbw.blogspot.com
http://www.justnareshbw.blogspot.com
and i added meta tag for http://www.justnareshwb.blogspot.com and trying to add sitemap to it.. I really dont know how both are automatically added to dashboard.
So i added metatag for justnareshbw.blogspot.com and then tried to add sitemap by atom.xml and it was successful.
So guys please check if ur doing it for a wrong URL as both URL (one with WWW and one without ) will be added to ur dashboard automatically.
Also , when ur doing correctly box to be filled will come next to //XXXXXX.blogspot.com/
and if ur doing wrongly (for WWW URL) then you get box to be filled in the next line of //www.XXXXXX.blogspot.com/
Hope this helps.
http://justnareshbw.blogspot.com/
Grate Work Buddy You r Genius.. Really
http://caresofts.blogspot.com
Done! :) thanks!! Please keep posting!
http://www.thedailybdnews.blogspot.com
I like relation blog related community.
sir wakil ahmed from Bangladesh green country
ram ram
ok... done with this... next tips!!
thanx again
thank you so much for helping me! you have a very nice guideline especially for beginners like me! thanks again!
Great post
thanks dear....
nice articles dude!!
cheers!!
www.bestofe-offers.blogspot.com
thx alots!!!
very good thanks alotttttttt
Hi there -
When I paste a code to add something to my sidebar, what ever it is that I am trying to ad isn't centered on my sidebar. How can I get all things to appear centered down my sidebar.
I am new your site, my friend just introduced me last night. I am loving it so far and can't wait to explore around it. Thank you so much.
Ha! I actually figured it out myself by looking at the coding of other stuff on my blog. Anyways, I am going to explore your site and I can't wait to see what I can learn.
Thanks again.
thanks!
I have seen the results! :D
nyay! thanks you..
anyway, can you give a tutorial on how to customize our default comment page?
I really like your commenting proccess.
please help us.
its very Very valuable information!TQ
Well I've found this site very helpful and managed to do everything and after a few days of really enjoying my new blog I noticed google stopped indexing my posts. So I changes the rss.xml to rss.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=100 and that works but now I get 404 not found. Is that because I now have to wait until the sitemap is processed? I am wondering if its really processing or just stuck that way because when I only submitted rss.xml it was processed very fast.
http://americanlifeinthephilippines.blogspot.com/
any info would be appreciated..
Hi,
I have a query that is " How to remove .blogspot from my site name".(ex. www.xyz.com)
Give your tips please.
i have done all that you have told but could not upload xml file on my account.so can you please tell me how can i upload xml file on blogspot.com in my profile?
Thanks alot!
omg. i never would have thought it was so easy...thx!
I had the error because of feedburner and used the your "fix"...worked like a charm. Thanks again
GREAT!!!!!
Thanks a lot maaan..
I love you!!
-fxbonbon-
thank you my friends
Ahmad Assedeh
Note: If you are using Blogger and has recently directed your feed to FeedBurner, make sure you change your sitemap URL in Google Sitemaps to http://yourblog.blogspot.com/rss.xml?orderby=updated instead of just http://yourblog.blogspot.com/rss.xml otherwise an error would occur in Google Sitemaps.
Pls help me.. my blogspot not veryfiy i just found this Error
We've detected that your verification file returns a status of 404 (Not found) in the header.
i am adding the Meta Tag in Edit Html Section but i after i press the Button Verify this Error is Appear (Sorry for my english)
I tried to add meta tag and couldn't get through your step.5.
I've copied the verification code which started with meta name="verify-v1" content="xxxxxx="
When I hit "save template" the verficiation code automatically swap itself to:
meta content='xxxxxx=' name='verify-v1'
Why did it swap between meta name and content after saving the template? Is this why google cannot verify my blog? How do I stop it from swapping around?
Thank you.
thanks for this information ... i didn't know that i add my rss.xml
thank you
So I copied and pasted the tag and in was like meta name="verify-v1" Content="string"
But then when I saved it it changed to this:
meta content='AVfoQruN1AszGG0yZFIcUuJhLlmgk0gTT5Ysq7Aglus=' name='verify-v1'
So now what? It wont verify that way and I keep trying to change it and it wont stay the first way.
hi,
the information u provided isreally goog,bad while verifying my site i got
an error:
Verification status: NOT VERIFIED
We've detected that your verification file returns a status of 404 (Not found) in the header.
Pls help me out,iam new to blogging,
articlz4u.blogspot.com
Thank you! your tips and info are really appreciated :0)
Hello kranthi,
Your information is very excellent
And I don’t have correct words to proud you.
Thanks. And I have someone doubts about Google ad sense and creating blogger.
How to I approach you.
Plz advice how can i add keywords in metatag?
Thanks
meenal
I get the 2 error while i put atom.xml. http://keepmetalalive.blogspot.com/
I've been trying to figure this out for a long time! Thanks it was quick and easy for all of my blogs. Who knew it wasn't as complicated as is seemed.
http://yesiammormon.blogspot.com
Thanks Kranthi, this really helped me. :)
When i submit my blogger blog to google after some time my most of the files got blocked by robot.txt...what can i do to unblock my content of my blog.
http://www.prashsoft23.blogspot.com/
Hi I am also having 3 problems and i need to know howto fix it .
1.URL not found:when I got to overview to see.
2.urls not followed.
3.URLs restricted by robots.txt
please please explain how to rectify this i am not able to understand what google tells in help menu ...
Hi Prashant,
Don't worry mate, it is common for all blogger users. Google don't crawl Blogger label pages.
Ex: Google don't crawl this url:
http://bloggertricks.com/search/label/google
Hi Kranthi,
But the problem is that when i submit google my blog and if due to labels it doesn't crawl.....there is no visitors from out of india all the visitors r only from india only. But when i delete my blog URL from submission many visitors come on my blog throughout the world....
thanks, that helped me so much
Thanks for tips I add atom feeds by while i try to add rss there occur and error. pls help. http://keepmetalalive.blogspot.com/
hi kranthi,
When i submitted my blog to google they shows that 5 URL's are restricted by robots will be there any problem due to this.
hay gud tips yaarr..
thats y i am visiting daily to this site thanks. but when i site map it is telling that ur account is pending y man..?
hats off for you!
real good tutorial
Hi Kranthi,
I get following error. Please advise how can I fix it. I really appreciate your help.
"This url is not allowed for a Sitemap at this location."
Regards
Abid
Hi,
I'm having trouble submitting my sitemap. I receive the 404 error. Can you help?
nawgan.blogspot.com/
Thanks
Hi,
I'm having trouble submitting the sitemap. I added the meta tag, verified the site, added the code but clearly I've done something wrong. Help Please!!
Nawgan.blogspot.com/
i like your blog ....
Hi,
i m new Guy. i have added atom.xml (??)
tell me difference between atom and rss?
Hi Kranti
http://amitbposervice.blogspot.com/ this is my blog when i verified this blog suddenly i was able to find my blog on google but when i enter my url then i can only able to find my blog on google what should i do to ranking my site
i have added sitemap rss.xml but still not able 2 do
indiadataentryserviceprovider.blogspot.com
and i have another blog but this blog i m not able to find in google i have added a site map
its two days over
Hi buddy,
Thanks for this information. Its very helpful.
vinay
at my webmaster tools ti says that my blog support a MRSS Feed. how do I add a sitemap for MRSS Feed?
http://critica-muzicala.blogspot.com/
critica_muzicala@yahoo.com
Hi Kranti
I have got an error. It was:
URLs restricted by robots.txt
What will I do now? Please help me.
I think many of us got this error.
Thanks for the post. very useful.
THANKS A LOT ^____^
Thanks a lot, may Allah bless you.
Thanks a lot. My blog appeared in google search, but if I enter the URL of my blog, google does not search it. It searchs it by title of blog. What is the problem?
www.withcj.blogspot.com
Hi,i have submitted my sitemap as u instructed here in ur blog,after 2 days i checked webmaster tool page,it says Error in ur page.
Please help me on this,and say how to add metatags to all single posts.
Hi,i have submitted my sitemap as u instructed here in ur blog,after 2 days i checked webmaster tool page,it says Error in ur page.
Please help me on this,and say how to add metatags to all single posts.
thanks for the tutorial buddy..i already did what you instructed and applied it to my blog ( http://koreasbest.blogspot.com )and i've got no errors up to this time.. hope it will works..
Hi why it is showing only 26 urls as submitted
Thanks
is entering sitemap like the below enough
(blog name followed by)/feeds/posts/default?redirect=false
wow! very useful!!
i like ur artikel very easy to understand!
especially a newbie like me..
hi dudes check my new blog
http://.earnonlineinminutes.blogspot.com
Thanks a lot ... the article was ver helpful
Many Thanks.
Regards from Corfu..
Thx ... alot !!
Hi! I erroneously indexed my site in Google WITH WWW but I already changed it to one WITHOUT WWW. The Google acknowledged it but they recommend for a 301 redirect. Can you help me with this? Thanks!
http://housewifeatwork.blogspot.com
many thanks!!!!
really!!!
fk i have been figured this shhh out for coule of weeks...lol
thx again!!!
hi,i hv submited my sitemap 2weeks ago in webmaster>>>>Overview page (Home page crawl:ok , Index status:is also click ok but No pages from your Sitemaps are currently in Google's index what this means and there is one more problem
in Diagnostics>>>> Content analysis in this page showning an issue that Duplicate meta descriptions (pages 18) and Duplicate title tags (pages 18)plz guide me
Hi,In webmaster tools >>>Content analysis page in the Meta description issues there is a link that is showing 24pages Duplicate meta descriptions what this means.?
Hai !!! can i delete that meta tag when my page is verified or should i keep it...
As of now iv deleted it by mistake ... is it ok with me
Thanks for the info on this topic. Do you know how many times I tried (prior to now) to do this and nothing worked.
Hi, I was just wondering what the difference is between rss and atom?
And can you put blogs there such as livejournal blogs as well?
Thanks a lot!!
Great work indeed. I am a newcomer & learning.
Usman ulhaq
By following your instruction I could successfully add my site to Google webmaster as well as I submitted my site's sitemap to Google.
wow realy great post kranthik can i know where ur from ? means country=?, state=? & city=?
www.pchelp2u.blogspot.com
hello Kranti i followed all your seo tip but even my blog is not appearing in search engine my blog i submitted my blog to google 2days ago even my blog is not displaying pls help .. whether there is any problem with that template...???
http://pchelp2u.blogspot.com/
Hii...
I'm new here, What can I call u?
You r my next GURU ...
Theo...
What a huge help! Thank you so much!
Erin www.piecesofe.blogspot.com
I have a qusetion.If I want to submit my site to yahoo and google, that's mean I have to put two meta tag?Am I correct?So far almost 2 weeks I add these meta tag, but my site still not index.What is the cause to this problem?Is it because I put two meta tag?
thanx dude..
it works..
from http://adiriswan.blogspot.com
yeah... well done...
finally.... i have submit my sitemap to google...
thanks for the great post....
visit my blog...
http://xtc-artikel.blogspot.com
Thanx kranthi !! it works !!!!
for a while, i've been wondering what to submit on sitemap.Thanks for the tip!
Hi Buddy! I tried this procedure, but i failed at verifying step. error is VERRIFICATION STATUS: Not Verified, We've detected that your verification file returns a status of 404 (Not found) in the header.
So please tell me what is do? Guglemughal@gmail.com
Thank you
I hope it will work !
www.chpictures.blogspot.com
it seems that doing this will only allow me to submit 24 urls. Is there a workaround to submit all the posts (around 600) in my blogspot?
Thanks in advance!
Thank's for your tips, that's very usefull for me
and i hope it will work.
www.b1sn1sku.blogspot.com
Hi kranti i want little help
I post sitemap but they only indexed 1 Url and all other 26 is not allowed why these not allowed i dont understand reason
hello - can you help?
i've entered all my blogs and websites with the www. included. does this matter? do I need to re-do them all without the www?
and - what difference does it make with or without it?
wow that is neat like this http://www.aprilgillis.com
Yea very cool and neat as explained here. i tried a lot to add like
feeds/posts/default?orderby=updated
and a lot to my blog but didnt work as i dont knew that this is for new custom domains so searched and found ur post dude. i will says thanks if u r there here. www.coolpctips.com and http://www.myjntunotes.blogspot.com/ is done according to ur post. Thanks dude
great article, nice in explaination and very useful like me newbie...
thanks ;)
Again your a genius .....my site map is pending....but I have confidence in you;-)