Blog Tipz

Google has made it even easier to update your blog’s sitemap and manage your website more effectively. If you’ve never used the Google Webmaster Tools area, it is quite easy to get started, as illustrated in the embedded videos.

On Tuesday, the three-year old Python Sitemap Generator was updated to an open-source version, which finds new and modified URLs based on your webserver’s traffic, log files, or the files found on the server. It can provide a very successful and fast method at calculating the rate of inclusion into search engines or update rates.

The service/application is intended for users who have full control over their web server environment. It is essentially a plugin that can be installed on both Linux/Apache and Microsoft Windows-based servers. For the most part, the open-source aspect won’t affect the average user, but expands the possibilities for people who look at it from the customizability and feature standpoints – web hosting providers may add it to their back-end to make the decision more clear for people who may be eying their service.

Text: In Blogger, click on Webmaster Tools under the category “Tools and Resources” and enable the feature if you haven’t already. This tells the service to add all your blogs to the service (you may still have to verify them).