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Donna,

Welcome to SUN.

First of all, don`t submit to any directories unless they are related to the topic of your site, and even then don`t expect a lot ( if any ) traffic from them.

You can actually use 2 sitemaps on your site.

First, you can create one that looks like your other pages, and manually put in links to the main subpages of your site. This would be a "user-friendly" sitemap for your visitors.

Second, there are websites that generate free XML sitemaps for your site. You can download the XML file they generate. Then you can create accounts with Google and Yahoo ( and possibly other search engines ), upload the XML file to your main website directory, then submit XML url to Google and Yahoo ( not the file itself, just your web address to the XML file ).



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M Hall
Website Critique Community
International Society of Curmudgeons

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I think many people have given up on, or forgotten about, DMOZ.


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M Hall
Website Critique Community
International Society of Curmudgeons

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Hahaha... yup, there might be just a few people in the world that are using DMOZ.

On another note, my blog also needs sitemaps. Your article definitely helped me prepare for this step.

Thanks!



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Paul Benavides
Business writer / dreamer
Learning business ideas through communication
Profits4Idiots

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No worries! I`m also reading your blog for some helpful tips about marketing... I get good ideas on my own posts based on your articles.


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Paul Benavides
Business writer / dreamer
Learning business ideas through communication
Profits4Idiots

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