I set up a system where the maps are automatically created twice a day and uploaded via FTP to my server. It seems to work, but I want to be sure Google is happy before I set it up for more sites. How can I know that it'll help? Thanks in advance for any advice or guidance. Snippet of map:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:n="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9">
<url>
<loc>http://www.timesherald.com/video/</loc>
<n:news>
<n
ublication>
<n:name>Norristown Times Herald</n:name>
<n:language></n:language>
</nublication>
<nublication_date>2010-08-05T08:29:15+00:00</nublication_date>
<n:title>Times Herald Ducks find a new home - The Times Herald - Serving Montgomery County, Pennsylvania</n:title>
<n:keywords>herald, times, a, county, ducks, find, home, montgomery, new, pennsylvania, serving, the</n:keywords>
</n:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>http://www.timesherald.com/video/features/</loc>
<n:news>
<nublication>
<n:name>Norristown Times Herald</n:name>
<n:language></n:language>
</nublication>
<nublication_date>2010-08-05T08:29:13+00:00</nublication_date>
<n:title>Berks woman gets home makeover - The Times Herald - Serving Montgomery County, Pennsylvania</n:title>
<n:keywords>berks, county, gets, herald, home, makeover, montgomery, pennsylvania, serving, the, times, woman</n:keywords>
</n:news>
</url> The code which provided by the Google in order to check it.It is really good which provide you all things related to this. Hi,
I think you might have an account with Google webmaster center firstly. Also, you need authenticate your site and submit your sitemap in your Google webmaster center account. Google would accept your regular sitemap update after the authentication and submission.
have a nice day,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:n="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9">
<url>
<loc>http://www.timesherald.com/video/</loc>
<n:news>
<n
ublication><n:name>Norristown Times Herald</n:name>
<n:language></n:language>
</n
ublication><n
ublication_date>2010-08-05T08:29:15+00:00</nublication_date><n:title>Times Herald Ducks find a new home - The Times Herald - Serving Montgomery County, Pennsylvania</n:title>
<n:keywords>herald, times, a, county, ducks, find, home, montgomery, new, pennsylvania, serving, the</n:keywords>
</n:news>
</url>
<url>
<loc>http://www.timesherald.com/video/features/</loc>
<n:news>
<n
ublication><n:name>Norristown Times Herald</n:name>
<n:language></n:language>
</n
ublication><n
ublication_date>2010-08-05T08:29:13+00:00</nublication_date><n:title>Berks woman gets home makeover - The Times Herald - Serving Montgomery County, Pennsylvania</n:title>
<n:keywords>berks, county, gets, herald, home, makeover, montgomery, pennsylvania, serving, the, times, woman</n:keywords>
</n:news>
</url> The code which provided by the Google in order to check it.It is really good which provide you all things related to this. Hi,
I think you might have an account with Google webmaster center firstly. Also, you need authenticate your site and submit your sitemap in your Google webmaster center account. Google would accept your regular sitemap update after the authentication and submission.
have a nice day,