Google Sitemap Generator - for those who get lost in their own web sites
October 1st, 2007
Search engine crawlers have improved their efficiency over the years. The result is that search results are now more targeted and updated. However, they’re still far from perfect. If you want Google to index your site the best way possible, don’t rely on crawlers. After all, who knows your site better than you yourself?
Google Sitemap Generator takes away the guesswork and helps you optimize the way Google sees your web site. It is a Python script that lets you automatically generate an XML sitemap for your site, using URL lists, web server directories, or form access logs. Just make sure you don’t include folders or files you don’t want the search engines to see. Conversely, don’t include pages with broken links. It’s important to update your sitemap files especially if you have deleted or added any pages in your website.
What do you do with the generated XML sitemap? You can input it to search engines, like Google’s webmaster tool called Sitemaps. Through this tool you can tell Google which pages are more important to you. Google Sitemaps allow webmasters to include additional information about each URL in the web site. These include change frequency, last update, and importance of each page. These pieces of information help the search engine to crawl the website more intelligently and more effectively.
In order to use the generator script, your web server must have Python 2.2 or later installed, and you must be knowledgeable in Python commands. A step-by-step guide is provided in the documentation.
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