Ok, once your have uploaded your Sitemap to your websites server. You need to tell the search engines that the file is there. To do this we will use Google’s Webmasters, Live Search Webmasters Tools and Yahoo Site Explorer.
If you don’t already have one open an account for both Google and Live Search:
Google Webmasters and click on Sign In.
Once you have added your website, go to ‘Add Sitemap’ and enter the name of the sitemap, usually “sitemap.xml” and you are done.
Live Search Webmasters Tools and Sign In with your Windows Live ID or create one.
Same as above, once you add your website, go to ‘Add Sitemap’ and submit the complete address of your Sitemaps location.
Yahoo Site Explorer
For Yahoo to find the your sitemap.xml go to Yahoo Site Explorer Submit
and on the second option that says ‘Submit Site Feed’ enter the entire address for your Sitemap, such as
http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml
You can also add the following line to your ‘robot.txt’ file
Sitemap: http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml
Also remember if you add new pages to your website to include an updated Sitemap to your websever. Keep an eye on both webmasters tool to make sure you don’t get errors from the search engines.
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