Site Map Generator---crawler-pages, gateway-pages, hallway-pages, spider-pages

WHY USE A SITE MAP?
Site maps serve two vital functions:

They help surfers navigate!
They encourage search engine spiders.
SITE MAP SYNONYMS:
crawler-pages, gateway-pages, hallway-pages, spider-pages

INCREASING VISIBILITY USING A SITE MAP
Visibility is very important. The more pages of a site you have indexed, the more likely one of them is to appear in a search engine results page. Because:

Someone, somewhere is searching for content that appears on one of your web pages.
Search engines deliver results based on pages they know.
Therefore make sure that search engines know about all of your pages

BUILDING A SITE MAP
Follow the instruction below to create a site map of your web site...click here for an example

PREPARATION - CREATE A LIST OF ALL PAGES ON YOUR SITE
Most people don’t know exactly how many pages they have on their site, especially if they have a large dynamic site. The solution to this comes in the form of this nifty little link checker:

DOWNLOAD Xenu link checker

Xenu's Link Sleuth (TM) Homepage

By using Xenu you can quickly and easily generate a list of all pages on a site, plus find and fix and broken links!

QUICK GUIDE TO USING XENU.
Extract the Zip file onto your desktop
Open Xenu Link Sleuth
Go to File > Check URL
Type your domain name into the top box (www.domain.com) and click OK
Wait for Xenu to scan your site
If there are any 404 pages (red text) go to File > Retry for broken links
To get a report, press “r”
EXAMPLE SITE MAP
Created using our macro for this site!


Site Map Generator - A Site Map for your Website
Site Map Generator - A Site Map for your Website
An Explanation of how to Build a Site Map for your Website
An Explanation of how to Build a Site Map for your Website - part B
Check how many of your web pages are listed in Google.
Check if an individual web page is listed by Google
What are search engine spiders? Attracting Crawlers with a site map.
Site maps saving you work with submissions to Search Engines.

USEFUL RESOURCES SURROUNDING SITE MAPS

Nielsen Norman Group Report - Site Map Usability

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, January 6, 2002: Site Map Usability

Software for automatically creating graphical sitemaps. - I have not used this software personally!

MORE RESOURCES
The problem(s) with sitemaps. - evolt.org

The Apache XML Project - SiteMap FAQ

Site Maps: What to Do? an interesting look at using graphical site maps

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