How to add sitemap in webmaster tools for google

Sitemap can be added to Google using webmaster tools . All the blogs will have sitemaps ,which tells the search engine about the pages in the blogs.Submitting sitemap is great way to get noticed from Google.


Follow these steps to submit sitemap easily and successfully .

1. Copy this code – atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500

2. Go to ‘Site Configuration’ –> ‘Sitemaps’ –> ‘Submit a Sitemap’. Paste atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500 into the text box and click ‘submit.

3. You should be seeing something like the screenshot below in your Webmaster Tools account, depending on the number of articles you have.




4. If you have more than 500 articles, you will need to submit additional sitemap for the URL only index the first 500 articles. Example:
Article 1 to 500 – atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500
Article 501 to 1000 – atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=500
Article 1001 to 1500 – atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1001&max-results=500
Article 1501 to 2000 – atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1501&max-results=500
5. Check back again ,it shows the analytics about the posts and their status on Google index.