The XML
Sitemap file is like a directory of all web pages that exist on your website or
blog. Search engines like Google and Bing can use these sitemap files to
discover pages on your site that the search bots may have otherwise missed
during regular crawling.
The Problem with Blogger Sitemap Files
An
complete sitemap file should mention all pages of a site but that’s not the
case if your blog is hosted on Blogger.
The default XML sitemap file of any Blogger blog will have only
the 26 most recent blog posts – see example.
That’s a limitation because some of your older blog pages that are missing in
the default XML sitemap file may never get indexed in search engines. There’s
however a simple solution to fix this problem.
Generate a Complete Sitemap for your Blogger Blog
This
section is valid for both regular Blogger blogs (that use a .blogspot.com
address) and also the self-hosted Blogger blogs that use a custom domain (like
techapple.org).
Here’s
what you need to do to expose your blog’s complete site structure to search
engines with the help of an XML sitemap.
1. Open
the Sitemap Generator and type the full
address of your blogspot blog (or your self-hosted Blogger blog).
2. Click
the Create Sitemap button and this tool will instantly generate the necessary
text for your sitemap. Copy the entire generated text to your clipboard (see
screenshot below).
3. Next go
to your Blogger dashboard and under Settings –> Search Preferences, the
enable Custom
robots.txt option (available in the Crawling and Indexing
section). Paste the clipboard text here and save your changes.
And we
are done. Search engines will automatically discover your XML sitemap files via
the robots.txt file and you don’t have to ping them manually.
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