If you are beginner, you are thinking what the Google sitemap is and how it will help you. To index your blog to Google search engine, you are to submit sitemap of your blog. The Google bot will crawl and index pages of your blog, if any problem occurs it will show status error.It also help you know what people searched in search engine to find your blog.To make your blog popular and to get a lot of free traffic it is necessary to add sitemaps in search engines.
Step by Step Blog Submission To Google Search Engine
Step 1: Visit Google Webmaster Tools and sign in your google account.
Step 2:Add your site here. Don't use http:// before your blog or site name (use :example.com)
Step 3: Verify your site.There are two steps to verify it. Choose Add a meta tag (from verification method drop down menu).
Step 4:Now you will see a meta tag just like this image. Copy this meta tag.
Step 5: Paste this meta tag just after tag.Just like this image.If you don't know how to edit HTML in blog, visit Edit HTML In Blog.
Step 6: Click on verify button . You see this button on Step 4.The site or blog will be verified within few minutes.
Step 7: This is last step.Now submit sitemaps as image at right.You can add more than one.Some options:
1.atom.xml
2.rss.xml
3.feeds/comments/default
4.feeds/comments/default?alt=rss
5.feeds/posts/default
6.feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
You can check it after few hours.You will see details(errors or index pages or url etc) about your blog or site.
Dear Blogger, If you burn your feed with feedburner then above submis
Dear Blogger, If you burn your feed with feedburner then above submission
feeds/posts/default or feeds/posts/default?alt=rss can give you sitemaps errors. For solution you can use any one of the following urls:
feeds/posts/default?redirect=false or
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=100
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=101&max-results=100
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=201&max-results=100
more.....
start-index indicates index of your blog posts. It depends on your no of exisiting blog post.