Creating a Sitemap Will Improve Your Search Listings

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Creating a site map is an easy way to improve your search engine listing in the major search engines including Google, Ask.com and Bing. The great this is it only takes a few minutes to put it together. Within a day you should see your listings move up the ladder.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
   xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
   xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
   xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
   xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
   xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
   xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
   >
<channel>
   <title>Your Title Here</title>
   <atom:link href="http://yourwebsite.com/feed.php" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
   <link>http://yourwebsite.com</link>
   <description>Add your overall description here - make it around 150- 160 characters</description>
   <lastBuildDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:19:15 EDT</lastBuildDate>
   <language>en</language>
   <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
   <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
   <generator>http://woobeweb.com/</generator>

   <item>
       <title>Page 1 title</title>
       <link>http://yourwebsite.com/pageone.php</link>
       <comments>http://yourwebsite.com/pageone.php#comments</comments>
       <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:29:38 EDT</pubDate>
       <dc:creator>You or your program</dc:creator>
       <guid isPermaLink="true">http://yourwebsite.com/pageone.php</guid>
       <description><![CDATA[ short page description here - make it around 150- 160 characters [...]]]></description>
       <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Full page description here ]]></content:encoded>
   </item>

   <item>
       <title>Page 2 title</title>
       <link>http://yourwebsite.com/pagetwo.php</link>
       <comments>http://yourwebsite.com/pagetwo.php#comments</comments>
       <pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:29:38 EDT</pubDate>
       <dc:creator>You or your program</dc:creator>
       <guid isPermaLink="true">http://yourwebsite.com/pagetwo.php</guid>
       <description><![CDATA[ short page description here - make it around 150- 160 characters [...]]]></description>
       <content:encoded><![CDATA[ Full page description here ]]></content:encoded>
   </item>

</channel>

Article Posted on 09/23/2011