Submit blogger sitemap to yahoo to index your web pages
Posted by kranthi on Wednesday, December 19, 2007This post explains how to submit your blogger sitemap to Yahoo.By submitting your sitemap to yahoo, they will index your web pages in yahoo search engine and provide you with detailed information related to your blog like which pages are linking to yours,popular pages in your site and you can submit and track feeds for your sites.
Also,you have the choice to delete any urls of your blog if you won't want to index certain pages of your site.
Submitting your site to yahoo is easy and give your web pages more exposure.
All you need is a YAHOO ACCOUNT(ID).However,you don't need an yahoo ID to know the information like how many pages are indexed,etc.But,if your blog is a new one or no pages in your blog are indexed(type your blog url in yahoo search and see to check whether your web pages are indexed or not), then you want Yahoo id to submit your sites,feeds,etc.
Let't see how to make yahoo index your webpages by submitting your blog sitemap.
1.Go to Yahoo Site Explorer
2.Click on the 'Sign in' link which is at the top of the page,see the screenshot below(If you don't have a Yahoo id, you can get one here) and sign into your accoutnt.
3.Type your blog url in the box provided as shown in the below screenshot.Don't forget to replace the 'yourblogurl' with the original url of your blog and click on the 'Add My Site'
4.After adding your site,you need to Authenticate(Verify your ownership).
There are two ways to verify your ownership.One is to upload a file to the root directory of your site which can't be possible in blogger.
Another one is to 'adding a metatag' which is possible and the only way to verify ownership for bloggers.First,copy the metatag..
Next,sign in to your blogger account>Edit html and paste the metatag below the head tag and SAVE THE CHANGES,look at the screenshot below.
Next,you will get a message saying that 'Your site is pending authentication'
Note:Don't remove the metatag,they will revalidate your ownership by checking your ownership regularly.
5.Next,go back to the 'Site explorer home', and check the box next to your blog url and click on the Manage button.
6.Type rss.xml or atom.xml in the box provided.It helps yahoo to discover more of your site content via your rss or atom feeds and to index your blog pages quickly whenever your blog is updated.Next,click on the add feed button.


That's it.Now,you have sucessfully submitted your blog sitemap to yahoo.Check your account after a couple of days and you will see your blog indexed in yahoo search engine.
Meanwhile,if you didn't submitted your blog sitemap to google,please read this about How to Submit your blog sitemap to Google








73 comments:
i found the step-by-step guide very helpful. thank u
very good guide
Cheers ele(grace) and indianway.
Thanks for your help - I had the Google working correctly, but when I paste in the Yahoo meta tag I get the following error:
We were unable to save your template
Please correct the error below, and submit your template again.
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type "META" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "".
seems like you missed some tag.Don't type that tag manually.Just copy and paste.Sure it will work 100%
I had the same problem as sharon but was able to save the template by changing the end tag:
> to this: />
Template then parsed and saved, will have to see if yahoo verify this by monitoring in site explorer over the next few days. Hope this helps..
Thank you, you have a wonderful site. Your site helped resolve my problem.
Luis
hello
i'm getting the message:
"Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type "META" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "".
when i put the yahoo meta tag in blogger blog.what can i do?
@ Satyamani
Please check whether you closed the tags correctly.It will work fine.
thanks for visiting!
Thank you for such helpful guide
Thank you so much for a tip. I never be able to do this without your help.
my post can't index by yahoo.... please check my template http://mp3lyric2u.blogspot.com .. thank
this is a super guide, thanks a ton!
just one question: i have added a google webmaster metatag and now i want to add a yahoo site explorer metatag where and how do i paste both ?one under the other? or some other way...please help
Very useful Guide. I submitted my blog sitemap to google and yahoo by following the steps detailed by you. Thank you.
Keep posting such useful stuff.
This is so great! I'm excited to see it work! I was able to get my google working, but I'm having trouble with the yahoo. It gives me the same error as "sharon" above...
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: Element type "meta" must be followed by either attribute specifications, ">" or "/>". Can you help me?
This is very useful
Thank you again and again!
thanks alot.. i add you to my favorites.. :) hope i can learn alot for your site
done!! very helpfull..
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Wow...Nice tips. I really appreciate your effort.
I am trying to put up a new blog, and one place I m definitely getting all the help is from YOU.
Thank you
Hi!, I am a new Blogger.I have tried to add tag in my template for indexing to Yahoo search following your instruction. But I received an error message every time when I tried to do so, that saying;
We were unable to save your template
Please correct the error below, and submit your template again.
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type "META" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "".
I want your help to get rid of the problem. Please help me.
has everyones blog been successful on atentication with yahoo? because I'm worried that adding the / before the > at the end will fail the athentication, and its the only way the blogger template will let me save it.
http://nghangout.blogspot.com
Haii. thanks before but :i'm getting the message:
"Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type "META" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "".
when i put the yahoo meta tag in blogger blog.what can i do? please help
hello aryha, please see above Comment by jay on January 31, 2008 1:06 PM
Great site! I also have the same problem in yahoo meta tag.. and also thanks to jay! ;)
@ Jay, the 6th post!!
Thanks a lot. the meta tag refused to work. but when i moved it far down, it completely changed my page from black to white.
but when i put it up, it didn't accept it, until I closed it like u suggested with /> thanks a lot!!!
Great post that helped me out of trouble too with the missing / in the meta code. I have referenced your article in a recent post on my new search and tech trivia blog. I will be back for more assistance and insights to pass onto my reader, no doubt. cheers, Ed
HI,
I have added the sitemaps as you said, but i burn my feeds using feedburner.Is that a problem or rss or atom do have the feeds.
Please clarify!!
yeah...the only way to do it is just adding "/" before ">" but will it make yahoo fail to aunthentication sites like Nite said before?
Your site is great. Are your post is to the point at all level, please tell us more thing's to rich our blog. thank u for this site.
Pase does not work well at first so i have to put '/>' instead of '>' and it worked fine for me.100 thanks.
dont forget to add this / at the end of the tag like this <-------------------------/>
Thanks guys but I don’t know why my Blog
http://aboutbarackobama.blogspot.com/
Don’t show up in yahoo Search, and what exactly is a sitemap?
Indeed, it needs /> to work.
Your guide is very helpful to me especially when i am new to blogging and gettng indexed by the search engines..
And @ Deepak you are totally right one has to end the META tag with / or else it will have some effects on your page etc.
Cheers
Regards, http://kava-drinking.blogspot.com
Yahoo provide meta tag with erors(the meta tag is not closed).
I translate posts to Bulgarian Language and you can find it at Трикове за Blogger
Ok, I'll try to do your tips. I still learn about blog.
Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Ramdhan
http://easy-lookforprofit.blogspot.com
Thanks man u r Rocking!
Very informative site. Thanks so much.
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thanks you
ahmad assedeh
I wonder how this work on a self hosted site?? can anyone explain??
regards,
Tim
techdx69.com
hi.thanks for your help..i successfully submitted to yahoo... but for google when i click on the verify it is saying 404 error..i just gave my blog name without http or www.even then i am facing same problem.plz help.
Hi Thanks for the fr8 tutorial... if anybody getting the xml error u can convert that code using blogger code converter http://rilwis.googlepages.com/converter.html
thanks a lot again.
Http://www.desionlinemovies.net
Wow thanks a lot for the info, this really help me so much
Nice tutorial.. I hope to see more from you, Thanks.
Thanks, it worked after I closed the tag.
Thanks, this helped me a lot. I used this on my blog www.4TheGeekNU.com
Awesome tips, thanks. But please edit your article with additional info comment from Deepak (closing tag with / )
Thank u r information
its very useful
just put the /> code thingie instead of just > and it works fine. Yahoo will authenticate it. Put it right over or under your google authenticate code.
http://thebestpoweredspeakers.blogspot.com/
hi Friend,
Myself didnt get the 5th Step.
please help me.
nice trick, thanks...
i got error message same like this but i change the " to ' and added a / at last. and i have also changed the order of content and name... i don't know what will happen, i am waiting a good result.
But it shows me unable to verfiy how to do it....
I also din't find 5th Step.
plz help.
This is my blog:
http://stupendousworld.blogspot.com
Thank you. It is explained in very detail and also very useful
Ravi
http://ravivooda.blogspot.com
thaank you, now yahoo can recognize my site
http://text-quotes-for-you.blogspot.com/
thanks now yahoo recognizes my site ^__________^
http://text-quotes-for-you.blogspot.com/
For whom didn't manage to insert meta tag, actually it is easy, just add *<*/*META*> after your META tags, done !
Erase the stars !
your screen shoot at step 3 cannot view.Can u update tq
Can i Add my Blog (Blogger) to Yahoo and Google Both ?
http://jazonx.blogspot.com/
Hi,I just want to know.. if I already use meta tag for google search, can I use meta tag for yahoo search in the same blog ? or I only have 1 of them , google or yahoo ?.. sorry.. cause I'm a new bie..stupid women too hehehhe but thx a lot for your clearly explanation..
thanks.easy but useful
Hi! I noticed that I erroneously indexed my site in Yahoo WITH WWW. How can I remove that? Please help. Thanks!
http://housewifeatwork.blogspot.com
Still not add my blogger url to yahoo search.
Thank you very much for your useful article.You are doing great job my friend.
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crissy, all you have to do is delete the one with www. and put it back again.
I was going to warn everyone that the metatag will not work unless you add a forward slash before the closing tag, but I see other's have asked about that and still others have answered it.
very helpful but my site is showing error
http://buysellmovies.blogspot.com/
http://adsensetips4money.blogspot.com/
Hi,
I didn't get the VERIFICATION button after I submitted my site. What do I do about that? :(
Nice Tips , I have just submitted the blog via this method
http://saaya-irie-saaya.blogspot.com/
I keep getting this message, I even reuploaded my blog so it was fresh, and still get the same error-
Your template could not be parsed as it is not well-formed. Please make sure all XML elements are closed properly.
XML error message: The element type "meta" must be terminated by the matching end-tag "".
hello why i can't submit sitemap to yahoo? the message is Your .....nor well performed ....close en tag.... what that means? Look at my blog www.sekarygiorg.blogspot.com
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