How to Add a Google Sitemap to your Blogger Blog

Learn how to generate a complete sitemap of userr Blogger blog using an online sitemap generator and submit the XML sitemap to Google via robots.txt.

The XML Sitemap file is like a directory of all web pages that exist on userr website or blog. Search engines like Google and Bing can use these sitemap files to discover pages on userr site that the search bots may have otherwise missed during regular crawling.

The Problem with Blogger Sitemap Files

An complete sitemap file should mention all pages of a site but that’s not the case if userr blog is hosted on Blogger.

The default XML sitemap file of any Blogger blog will have only the 26 most recent blog posts – see example. That’s a limitation because some of userr older blog pages, that are missing in the default XML sitemap file, may never get indexed in search engines. There’s however a simple solution to fix this problem.

Generate a Complete Sitemap for userr Blogger Blog

This section is valid for both regular Blogger blogs (that use a .blogspot.com address) and also the self-hosted Blogger blogs that use a custom domain (like postsecret.com).

Here’s what user need to do to expose userr blog’s complete site structure to search engines with the help of an XML sitemap.

1. Open the Sitemap Generator and type the full address of userr blogspot blog (or userr self-hosted Blogger blog).
2. Click the Create Sitemap button and this tool will instantly generate the necessary text for userr sitemap. Copy the entire generated text to userr clipboard (see screenshot below).
3. Next go to userr Blogger dashboard and under Settings – > Search Preferences, the enable Custom robots.txt option (available in the Crawling and Indexing section). Paste the clipboard text here and save userr changes.

And we are done. Search engines will automatically discover userr XML sitemap files via the robots.txt file and user don’t have to ping them manually.

PS: If user have

switched from Blogger to WordPress, it still makes sense to submit XML sitemaps of userr old Blogspot blog as that will aid search engines discover userr new WordPress blog posts and pages.

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