Submit Sitemap to Ask, MSN, Google and Yahoo

A Guide how to

• Direct ping
• Search engine tool
• of course you can always pay to submit it or use a service or application either on the web or desktop, but this is beyond the scope of this article

Building the 'sitemap.xml' file

That was just some simple ways of getting your site noticed by the search engines. Of course you maybe asking now, how do I build a 'sitemap.xml' file and/or how do I know my 'sitemap.xml' file is valid. Well I am glad you asked.

Validating the 'sitemap.xml' file

Once you have your 'sitemap.xml' file constructed the way you want it, you will need to have it validated. The reason for validation is to prevent looking at your Google, MSN or Yahoo account and noticing 'sitemap errors'. You are able to build more credibility by submitting a sitemap with no errors.

Content is for Page Rank, SEO is for Traffic/Conversion Sales

Whats the difference?

To understand the answer we must first know how visitors get to any site. There are various ways visitors come to your site, they can come via a page link from another site(referral), they can click on a google search result from a keyword or keyword phrase (organic) or by knowing your site from social interaction(direct)or by a paid advertisement that you placed on another site (which is also a referral).