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Including and Excluding URLs in a Sitemap

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Last Updated: August 12, 2008 11:01 AM

Once you have compiled a list of URLs for your sitemap, you may decide you want to exclude some of them from the sitemap or to include URLs that were previously excluded. Using the Sitemap Manager, located in the Hosting Control Center, you can update these URL settings for the sitemap associated with your Web site.

To Include or Exclude URLs on Your Sitemap

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, select Hosting.
  3. Click Manage Account next to the hosting account you want to manage.
  4. Click the Sitemaps icon in the Content section of the Hosting Control Center. This action opens the Sitemap Manager.
  5. Select the sitemap you want to update.
  6. Click the Edit icon. Your list of URLs is displayed.
  7. Select the URLs that your want to include or those you want to exclude. If you have new URLs to add to the list and need assistance, see Adding URLs to a Sitemap.
    8. Narrowing your search using the Filter
    In the Filter section on the left side of the screen, you can narrow the list of URLs that are included in your displayed list by:
    • Adding keywords in the Title/URL contains field.
    • Selecting whether to display included, excluded, or all URLs in the Included list.
    • Selecting whether to include logged, crawled, or all URLs in the Source list.
    • Selecting whether to include Only New URLs. This setting refers to URLs collected during the most recent crawl and log parse.
    Selecting files using the checklist
    In the left column, beneath the checkmark icon, select all URLs you want to edit. There are three ways to select multiple items:
    • Scroll over the checkmark icon in the header, and then choose whether you would like to Select Current Page, Select All Pages, or Unselect All URLs.
    • Select individually each specific item.
    • Select one item, and then, holding down the Shift key on your keyboard, select another item from the list to continue your selection. The two chosen items and all items between them are selected.
  8. Click the Include or the Exclude icon, depending on whether you want to include or exclude the selected URLs in your sitemap.
  9. Click Save. Your list of Included and Excluded URLs is updated.
  10. Click Done to return to the main sitemap page.

NOTE: In the Include column on the right, all included URLs are represented by a checkmark. All excluded URLs are represented by a hyphen.