Would you like an easy way to continually keep Google's attention on your Joomla site? Xmap is a Joomla component/plugin that automatically adds your new posts to a dynamic sitemap which feeds to your Google webmaster tools account. This means that Google gets PINGED every time you add a new post or article to your site. When Google gets pinged, your site is more likely to climb up the Google ranks.
Here is how to do it yourself:
- Make sure you have a Google account
- Sign up for a Google Webmaster Tools account
- Download XMAP onto your hard drive
- Install XMAP into the admin area of your Joomla site. Click to learn how to install an extension into your Joomla site.
- To configure the component, follow the instructions in XMAP's documentation pages.
- Copy the URL of the XML version of the site map and log into your Google Webmaster Tools account.
- If your site isn't listed, choose ADD A SITE and add your URL
- Once it is listed, click on it and go to the SITEMAPS section
- Click on SUBMIT A SITEMAP
- Paste the URL that you copied earlier, deleting the actual domain. (It will look something like the text in the image below, under the word Sitemap)
- This should do it!
Here's what your sitemap will look like in Google Webmaster Tools after you've installed it correctly:
NOTE: I like empowering people, as you know, but I understand that upon gazing at the instructions above, you may feel overwhelmed. I can go through the steps and install a dynamic sitemap for you for $100 plus GRTax for NM residents. Contact me if you would like me to add a dynamic sitemap to your Joomla 1.5/1.6 site and hook it up with Google.
