Comments on: XML Sitemaps Do Not Affect Your Google Rankings http://pocketseo.com/google/196 Practical SEO blog Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:09:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: How to Get Indexed by Google in Under 10 Minutes - Pocket SEO http://pocketseo.com/google/196/comment-page-1#comment-609 How to Get Indexed by Google in Under 10 Minutes - Pocket SEO Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:58:10 +0000 http://pocketseo.com/google/196#comment-609 [...] I still don’t think that sites need to use XML sitemaps… [...] [...] I still don’t think that sites need to use XML sitemaps… [...]

]]> By: geri http://pocketseo.com/google/196/comment-page-1#comment-536 geri Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:13:06 +0000 http://pocketseo.com/google/196#comment-536 The sitemap helps get all of your pages indexed but not rankings unless you correctly SEO'd your website. That will make the difference. The sitemap helps get all of your pages indexed but not rankings unless you correctly SEO’d your website. That will make the difference.

]]> By: Josh http://pocketseo.com/google/196/comment-page-1#comment-519 Josh Sat, 08 Dec 2007 20:38:27 +0000 http://pocketseo.com/google/196#comment-519 I agree about the RSS (or ATOM) feeds being useful, especially if you ping blog services right after adding new content. The Webmaster Tools are great -- you can use them even if you don't have a Gmail account by going to http://www.google.com/webmasters/ I agree about the RSS (or ATOM) feeds being useful, especially if you ping blog services right after adding new content.

The Webmaster Tools are great — you can use them even if you don’t have a Gmail account by going to http://www.google.com/webmasters/

]]> By: j http://pocketseo.com/google/196/comment-page-1#comment-518 j Sat, 08 Dec 2007 14:09:49 +0000 http://pocketseo.com/google/196#comment-518 I have not submitted a full-fledged site map, but there is a way to get your site spidered by Google quickly and easily, at least once a week. My site is spidered daily, actually, I think because I have an RSS feed at it. In your free GMAIL account, there are various free tools, and one of the tabs, Webmaster, has a way to VERIFY your domain with Google by putting a small piece of code in the metatag on your homepage.(Look on the top left when you are logged in to gmail and choose account if you want to see a full list of all the things Google offers for free within Gmail. One you get to the next screen you will see an icon that looks like a group og computers in various colors.) Once you verify your account that, you start getting great reports on what people are not only searching for, but clicking through on, the top 20 for each, and what you rank on for each of these terms as well. It also shows all your internal and external links, pages, and most important keywords. It also shows me the exact date and time since I was last spidered. It is a completely free tool. Ever since I started using it about a year ago, it has been getting better. Now gives more and more reports, most of which you can download as CSV files. It gives you the knowledge of what people are REALLY searching for, and what is bringing them to your site. You can break it down per country as well, and they will be adding countries as they get their new offices set up in China, Singapore and Australia. They also have mobile search as well, so as I said, the kinds of reports they are adding help me to create more product that I know people are interested in. It is easy to use and so I would recommend anyone set up a free gmail account, grab the code, put it on their homepage in the metatag (the instructions are very clear) and once the account is verified, the results will start coming in. I have not submitted a full-fledged site map, but there is a way to get your site spidered by Google quickly and easily, at least once a week. My site is spidered daily, actually, I think because I have an RSS feed at it.
In your free GMAIL account, there are various free tools, and one of the tabs, Webmaster, has a way to VERIFY your domain with Google by putting a small piece of code in the metatag on your homepage.(Look on the top left when you are logged in to gmail and choose account if you want to see a full list of all the things Google offers for free within Gmail. One you get to the next screen you will see an icon that looks like a group og computers in various colors.)
Once you verify your account that, you start getting great reports on what people are not only searching for, but clicking through on, the top 20 for each, and what you rank on for each of these terms as well.
It also shows all your internal and external links, pages, and most important keywords. It also shows me the exact date and time since I was last spidered.
It is a completely free tool. Ever since I started using it about a year ago, it has been getting better. Now gives more and more reports, most of which you can download as CSV files.
It gives you the knowledge of what people are REALLY searching for, and what is bringing them to your site. You can break it down per country as well, and they will be adding countries as they get their new offices set up in China, Singapore and Australia. They also have mobile search as well, so as I said, the kinds of reports they are adding help me to create more product that I know people are interested in.
It is easy to use and so I would recommend anyone set up a free gmail account, grab the code, put it on their homepage in the metatag (the instructions are very clear) and once the account is verified, the results will start coming in.

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