BLOGGER-STATION

Sitemaps are important in order to help promote your site rankings in google search....as it helps the google automated crawler to crawl your webpage in a more effecient way and almost ensures that none of your pages are missed out.

In terms of websites one has to generate sitemaps using various sitemap building tools available ..such as GSITEMAP(click to download).

However this is not the case with a blog. To add a sitemap aof your blog all you have to do is :

1. Go to http://www.google.com/webmasters/

2. Create an account if you not a member of log in if you already have an account.

3. Once you log in you will see the sitemaps option in the leftmost column.

4. Click it and in there you will find a "ADD A SITEMAP" button (look carefully !!! its not too big )..

NOW THE IMPORTANT PART :

Bloggers blogs already have a list of URL's listed in the feeds page....so all you have to do is write atom.xml or rss.xml depending upon the feeds that you are using in the URL box. (blogger is defaulted to atom feeds i guess !! )

5. Done..!!!

your sitemap will be verified within a max time of 3 to 4 hours i guess...you can submit sitemaps at regular intervals so that none of your latest pages are missed by the google spiders. If you still encounter difficulties then drop me a mail .... i will reply ASAP ..