Creating a Sitemap based on a text file
by Geethalakshmi[ Edit ] 2010-06-17 14:47:42
Creating a Sitemap based on a text file
You can provide Google with a simple text file that contains one URL per line. For example:
http://www.example.com/file1.html
http://www.example.com/file2.html
For best results, follow these guidelines:
* You must fully specify URLs as Google attempts to crawl them exactly as provided.
* Each text file can contain a maximum of 50,000 URLs. If your site includes more than 50,000 URLs, you can separate the list into multiple text files and add each one separately.
* The text file must use UTF-8 encoding. You can specify this when you save the file (for instance, in Notepad, this is listed in the Encoding menu of the Save As dialog box).
* The text file should contain no information other than the list of URLs.
* The text file should contain no header or footer information. You can name the text file anything you wish. Google recommends giving the file a .txt extension to identify it as a text file (for instance, sitemap.txt).
You should upload the text file to your server. Once you've created this file, you can submit it as a Sitemap. This process, while manual, is the simplest and is probably best if you're not familiar with scripting or managing your web server.