Extend google sitemap

11/13/2008 6:09:02 AM

Nux

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Hey Joe,

is it possible to extend the google sitemap with the blog items?
Adding the forum items would be wrong, but you can choose the url from a blog item, so why not add it to the sitemap?

And is it correct to think that when a page is not included in the menu, that that page may not be included in the sitemap?
Now that page is.

My 2 cents

Thanks
Stef

11/13/2008 6:19:24 AM

Joe Audette

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Re: Extend google sitemap

There is already a blog site map at siteroot/BlogSiteMap.ashx

Be advised that the blog feature has been moved into its own folder in svn and in the next release the path will be siteroot/Blog/BlogSiteMap.ashx

So after the next release you will have to update it in gogle webmaster tools.

Best,

Joe

11/13/2008 6:22:10 AM

Joe Audette

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Re: Extend google sitemap

Also, its possible to add xml site map files for any additional urls you want to tell google about. For example I have not yet implemented an automatic sitemap for webstore feature, so I just created an xml file for now until I implement it. I have to maintain the xml file manually until then.

Format Example:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">

<url>
<loc>http://www.mojoportal.com/event-calendar-pro-product.aspx</loc>
<lastmod>2008-10-21</lastmod>
<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
<priority>0.9</priority>
</url>
<url>
<loc>http://www.mojoportal.com/form-wizard-pro-product.aspx</loc>
<lastmod>2008-10-21</lastmod>
<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
<priority>0.8</priority>
</url>

</urlset>

Best,

Joe

11/13/2008 6:56:32 AM

Nux

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Re: Extend google sitemap

Damn, your CMS is good .

I didn't read it about the blog sitemap .

And what do you think about my remark over the pages that are excluded from the menu?

Thanks Joe

Stef

11/13/2008 7:01:45 AM

Joe Audette

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Re: Extend google sitemap

Yes, thanks for saying it again as I somehow glossed over it when reading.

Its a good point, I'll fix it right now so it will be corrected in the next release.

Best,

Joe

11/13/2008 7:14:08 AM

Nux

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Re: Extend google sitemap

Thanks Joe.

To bad I can't help you with al these small things...

Stef

11/13/2008 7:19:21 AM

Joe Audette

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Re: Extend google sitemap

Hi Stef,

Your feedback is a big help. It only took me 2 seconds to fix that so pages not included in menu are also not included in sitemap.

I'm almost finished with an extensive project re-org, moving all the content features (except html) out of the core projects. Once that process is complete, its fine with me if you want to work on some more blog improvements.

Best,

Joe

11/13/2008 7:54:34 AM

Nux

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Re: Extend google sitemap

I'm not talking about the blog only. :)

But hey, let me know something and I wouldn't mind helping you with the project.

Stef

5/1/2009 7:18:38 PM

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Re: Extend google sitemap

Hi Joe.

Would it be possible to separate sitemaps in multisite environment? My sitemap is populated with blog items from other site, but with the wrong domain...

For example my Blog sitemap states the article http://www.mujzune.cz/po-osmi-letech-do-stejne-vody.aspx which in fact does not exist, because it is on another site: http://www.jaosobne.cz/po-osmi-letech-do-stejne-vody.aspx. It would be better if MP generated separate Blog sitemaps for each site (or maybe each blog, but that's not really neccessary, because this error does not affect it). I did not mind this, because my secondary site was a real low-profile and little actualised one, but nowadays I plan to run a second regular blog and I don't want search engines to be confused with dozens of invalid links.

Thank you very very much ;-)

5/2/2009 4:51:12 AM

Joe Audette

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Re: Extend google sitemap

Hi,

Thanks for letting me know. I consider this a bug, I will fix it today so it will be fixed in the next release.

Best,

Joe

7/14/2011 3:58:04 AM

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Re: Extend google sitemap

Joe,

I have submitted my Google sitemap, although the pages that I have checked as being 'Do not include in SiteMap' are appearing on the sitemap feed, causing errors:

http://www.leaveplanner.com/sitemap.ashx

(see the last 2, which are external links)

Many thanks

Richard

7/14/2011 5:34:23 AM

Joe Audette

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Re: Extend google sitemap

Hi Richard,

There are 2 site maps, SiteMap.aspx which is the site map for users and SiteMap.ashx which you submit to search engines.

The checkbox "Include In Site Map" is for the user site map. If you want to leave a page out of the search engine site map, look under the "Search Engine Optimization" tab in Page Settings, there is a different checkbox there.

Hope that helps,

Joe