How to Generate a Sitemap in Tumblr
By toni @empirewoodz
Submitting your Tumblr
sitemap to search engines will increase search engine traffic to your site.
The Tumblr platform has a
built-in sitemap generator that creates a full sitemap for your blog to help
search engines more efficiently index your website. After enabling sitemaps for
your Tumblr blog, you will need to submit and verify your sitemap with Google,
Yahoo and Bing. Verifying your sitemap will provide further search engine
optimization benefits for your websites, making it easier for readers to find
your website organically through Internet searches.
Instructions
1.Activate sitemap
o 1
Sign in to Tumblr and then click the "Settings" icon.
o 2
Select the blog you want to enable sitemaps for in the sidebar.
o 3
Click the check box beside "Allow search engines to index
your blog" and then click "Save." The sitemap is available at
"http://example.tumblr.com/sitemap1.xml" where "example" is
replaced with your Tumblr address.
2. Submit to Google
o 4
Navigate to Google Webmaster Tools and sign in using your Google
account credentials. If you do not have a Google account, click "Sign
Up" to register for a free account.
o 5
Click "Add a Site," enter your Tumblr address and then
click "Continue."
o 6
Click the "Alternate Methods" tab, select "HTML
Tag" and copy the "<meta name>" HTML tag to your
clipboard.
o 7
Navigate to Tumblr in a new tab or window and then sign in to your
account.
o 8
Click the "Settings" icon, select your blog and then
click the "Customize" button in the "Theme" section.
o 9
Click "Edit HTML," paste the "<meta
name>" HTML tag directly below the "<head>" tag, click
"Update Preview" and then click "Save."
o 10
Return to the Google Webmaster Tools tab or window, click
"Verify" and then click "Continue."
o 11
Click "Crawl" in the sidebar and then click
"Sitemaps."
o 12
Click "Add/Test Sitemap," enter "sitemap1.xml"
and then click "Submit Sitemap."
3.Submit to Yahoo and
Bing
o 13
Navigate to Bing Webmaster Tools and sign in using your Microsoft
account credentials. If you do not have a Microsoft account, click "Sign
Up Now" to register for a free account.
o 14
Enter your Tumblr address in the "Add a site" textbox
and then click "Add."
o 15
Enter "http://example.tumblr.com/sitemap1.xml" in the
Sitemap field (replacing "example" with your Tumblr address), your
personal information in the "About Me" section, your email alerts
preferences in the "Contact Preference" section and then click
"Save."
o 16
Copy the "<meta name"> tag from the "Option
2" section to your clipboard.
o 17
Navigate to Tumblr in a new tab or window and then sign in to your
account.
o 18
Click the "Settings" icon, select your blog and then
click the "Customize" button in the "Theme" section.
o 19
Click "Edit HTML," paste the "<meta
name>" HTML tag directly below the "<head>" tag, click
"Update Preview" and then click "Save."
o 20
Return to the Bing Webmaster Tools tab or window and then click
"Verify." Sitemaps submitted to Bing are also indexed by the Yahoo
search engine.
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