Submitting sitemaps to Google, Yahoo, Bing etc

by Richardr September 18th 2019, 08:53

Is there any thread with information about submitting sitemaps to search engines, specifically wrt forumotion forums?

Thanks.

(We use pbpBB2)

by **skouliki** September 18th 2019, 09:12

hi

i think you can add sitemap.xml in webmaster tools just click your site in webmaster tools, then add sitemap.xml and submit.... it will self-update after
you know you already have it in the Who's Online in l below the legend right?

by Richardr September 18th 2019, 09:47

skouliki wrote:hi

i think you can add sitemap.xml in webmaster tools just click your site in webmaster tools, then add sitemap.xml and submit.... it will self-update after
you know you already have it in the Who's Online in l below the legend right?

Thanks for replying.

No I didn't know about any inbuilt "sitemap.xml," and I don't see it. Is it in the administration panel? What is the full sitemap URL?

by **skouliki** September 18th 2019, 11:52

sorry i forgot about it
forumotion removed the map from the whois online tab

by Richardr September 18th 2019, 12:02

Okay, then how do I find the URL of the sitemap?

by **skouliki** September 18th 2019, 12:10

You must go to your google tools

read this also https://help.forumotion.com/t9480-text-sitemap

by Richardr September 18th 2019, 12:23

skouliki wrote:read this also https://help.forumotion.com/t9480-text-sitemap

That's for a plain text sitemap that doesn't update, which I know about. Further above you are talking about a self-updating xml sitemap.

by **skouliki** September 18th 2019, 12:34

log into Google service for webmasters with your Google Account (or create a new account).
https://www.google.com/webmasters

make sure you have added your site to google and it is already verified

you must add the sitemap.xml, to your forum's link in Google Search Consoles under sitemaps then click the add/test button and add sitemap.xml in the box that appears after your forum's link and then click submit.

by Richardr September 18th 2019, 12:49

Thanks for all your help.

by **skouliki** September 18th 2019, 13:02

you are welcome
when your request is complete please mark it as solved

by Guest September 18th 2019, 17:59

There is a sitemap on every forum, at forumaddress/sitemap.xml For example, the support forum's sitemap is at https://help.forumotion.com/sitemap.xml

by Richardr September 19th 2019, 00:37

Occultist wrote:There is a sitemap on every forum, at forumaddress/sitemap.xml For example, the support forum's sitemap is at https://help.forumotion.com/sitemap.xml

That's great, thanks!