Google site map for dummies

[xeno]

Is there an easy way to make a Google site map without messing with python and getting inside the server command line and all that jazz?

[JoeO]

Here you go, this automatically spiders your site and makes a google sitemap:
http://www.sitemapbuilder.net/download.aspx

[xeno]

Thanks for the help Joe, unfortunately I am a mac user. Got one of those for OSX?

[JoeO]

Sorry I don't know of any Mac ones. I have seen online ones though, I don't have the link handy but I'm pretty sure it was linked to from this forum if you hunt around... Although an online one is only good for smaller sites.

[xeno]

Yes it is a small site. I don't really need it for any other purpose other than that I was told it helps optimize. I have free webmaster resource site without alot of text. I'll keep hunting. thanks

[t2dman]

Just released a vBulletin Google site map generator. It creates a gzipped xml sitemap and is able to cope with the maximum number of url's possible in the program - 1000 x 50k url's - 50 million. That should be enough for some of the largest forums.

vBulletin Google Sitemap (http://forum.time2dine.co.nz/seo-vbulletin/vbulletin-google-site-map-3976.html) - I have codenamed it vBGSiteMap

[Shoemoney]

what is so hard about the python script google provides? it runs on osx

[zhisede]

I am using GSiteCrawler, here is a list of Google site map generator (http://scriptmenu.com/search.php?opt=1&keyword=google+sitemap&cat=0&submit=Search) at my site :)


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[Haichi]

still trying to get this done using OSX myself fired up Virtual PC but these software are hard to install :(

[bizz]

Is there an easy way to make a Google site map without messing with python and getting inside the server command line and all that jazz?

Yes, the simpliest way is to create a link.txt file with URLs of pages on your site.

example look of link.txt

http://www.site.com/page1.htm
http://www.site.com/page2.htm
http://www.site.com/page184538745568.htm

But, this way will not tell Google when is your site updated and other stuff.

[PaulJ]

I use the web based tool at http://www.auditmypc.com/free-sitemap-generator.asp.

Good for smaller sites.

[EdenView]

I've been using sitemaps for a while now, and have seen a decrease in Google SER's if anything... Haven't touched Yahoo sitemaps, and that traffic is growing exponentially. Call me crazy, but it's like the flu shot for me: I never get the flu unless I get the flu shot.

[jward]

We released a vBulletin Google Sitemap with vBSEO compatibility this week. If you are running a vB powered forum, please check out the link in my signature.

[icrdt]

U must try http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/

This is cool.