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How to create XML sitemap for your Blogger Blog Manually?

How to Create XML sitemap for your Blogger Blog Manually?

Creating an XML sitemap for your Blogger blog can be done manually by following these steps:

Open a text editor

Open a plain text editor on your computer, such as Notepad (Windows) or TextEdit (Mac).

Start the XML document

Begin by typing the XML declaration at the top of the document:

Start the XML document

Add the root element

Below the XML declaration, add the root element for the sitemap:

Add the root element
   

Add URL entries

For each page of your blog, add a URL entry within the tags. Here's an example for a blog post:

Add URL entries

Replace "https://yourblog.blogspot.com/your-blog-post-url" with the actual URL of your blog post. Use the tag to specify the date of the last modification in the format YYYY-MM-DD. indicates how frequently the page is likely to change (e.g., "always," "hourly," "daily," "weekly," "monthly," "yearly," "never"). represents the priority of the page on a scale from 0.0 to 1.0, where 1.0 is the highest priority.

Repeat this section for each page you want to include in the sitemap.

Close the XML document

Finally, close the XML document by adding the closing URLSET tag:

Close the XML document


Save the file

Save the file with a .xml extension, such as "sitemap.xml".

Upload the sitemap to your Blogger blog

Log in to your Blogger account, go to the "Settings" tab, and select "Search preferences". Scroll down to the "Crawlers and indexing" section and click on the "Custom robots.txt" link. Add the following line to the custom robots.txt content:

Upload the sitemap to your Blogger blog

Replace "https://yourblog.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml" with the URL of your sitemap file.

Publish the sitemap

Save your changes and publish your blog. The sitemap will now be available at the specified URL, and search engines can use it to crawl and index your blog's pages.

By following these steps, you can manually create an XML sitemap for your Blogger blog and ensure search engines can easily discover and index your blog's content.


How to Submit XML Sitemap for your Blogger Blog?

To submit an XML sitemap for your Blogger blog, you can follow these steps:

Generate an XML sitemap

You can use online XML sitemap generators or blogging tools/plugins that offer this feature. Ensure that the XML sitemap includes all the important pages of your blog.

Sign in to Google Search Console

Go to the Google Search Console website (https://search.google.com/search-console) and sign in with your Google account.

Add your blog to Google Search Console

If you haven't already added your blog to Google Search Console, click on "Add Property" and enter your blog URL (e.g., https://yourblog.blogspot.com). Follow the verification steps provided by Google to confirm that you are the owner of the blog.

Access the Sitemaps section

Once your blog is verified and added to Google Search Console, select your blog property from the dashboard. In the left-hand menu, click on "Sitemaps" under the "Index" section.

Submit the XML sitemap

On the Sitemaps page, click on the "Add/Test Sitemap" button located at the top right corner. Enter the URL of your XML sitemap (e.g., https://yourblog.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml) in the provided field and click on "Submit".

Verify sitemap submission

Google Search Console will display a message confirming the submission of your XML sitemap. It may take some time for Google to process the sitemap and index your blog's pages.

That's it! You have successfully submitted your XML sitemap for your Blogger blog to Google. The search engine will now have a better understanding of your blog's structure and content, which can potentially improve its visibility in search results.

Blogger XML Sitemap URLs

If you want hassle free work for creating the XML sitemap, then here you go. Google's blogger blog automatically creates the XML sitemap URLs for your blogs. 

You can have the XML URLs for the blog posts, pages, comments and more. Just copy the below URLs directly and submit it to your website / blog property in the Google search console account.


/sitemap.xml 
/sitemap.xml?page=1 
/feeds/pages/default?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500 
/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500

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