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Adding URLs to a Sitemap

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Last Updated: August 12, 2008 11:01 AM

Using the Sitemap Manager, located in the Hosting Control Center, you can add new URLs to the sitemaps associated with your Web site.

To Add URLs to a 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 with your sitemap file displayed.
  5. Select the sitemap you want to update.
  6. Click the Edit icon.
  7. Click the Add URLs button.
    Access log parse
    Select this option to obtain URLs from the web server access logs. This option is available only for Linux Shared Hosting accounts. Windows Shared Hosting accounts will display "No logs to parse."
    Web Crawl
    Select this option to have the system crawl your hosting account via the Web and collect URLs within it. Selecting this option enables the two following options.
    Maximum # of URLs to crawl
    Select how many URLs you would like to crawl. The default number of URLs is 100, which is sufficient for most personal and basic business sites.
    Maximum Crawl Depth
    Select how many levels deep you would like the search engine to crawl your site. You can select from 1 to 8 levels, where "1" is equal to your main URL and subsequent numbers equal the depth at which you've linked other pages within your site.
  8. Click OK. A status window displays.

    9. NOTE: This process may take several minutes for larger sites.

  9. Click Close when the system completes collecting URLs. The details of your sitemap display.
  10. Click Save. A status window displays.
  11. Click Done to return to the main sitemap page.

Your URL list is updated. For information on editing your sitemap, see Editing a Sitemap.