http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html I have updated my sitemap and the new one is now based on Niall Kennedy's template that he created. This template outputs the exact same sitemap I had setup before, but that one was using the sitemap generator and a config.xml file along with a urllist.txt file that was outputted using Movable Type. This new template just outputs the XML file straight from Movable Type. The template I created outputs the main index page, all individual archives and also monthly and category archive links in the sitemap. Copyright 2003-2008 Cameron Bulock http://www.cbulock.com/cameron.jpg http://www.cbulock.com/ 87 95 en-us cbulock@cbulock.com 2008-06-08T14:26:43-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#t8 The two other stabs at creating Sitemap templates for Movable Type don't take into account that you might want to assign different priorities and scan frequencies to your entries (as described here), as well as correcting 'Last Modified date' to includ... 2005-06-06T12:30:19-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#c914 Really don't mean to be picky - because this is great stuff! - but I tried having a look at your updated live version and got this: A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://www.cbulock.com/templates/Sitemap'. Line 8... ------^ It may well be my fault - how do I get to see it? Anyway thanks for the good work :) 2005-06-06T19:26:18-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments Piers Young http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#c915 No, actually it's not you. It's Internet Explorer. It's trying to render it as an XML file instead of a text file. I just use Firefox and that displays the page right so I hadn't noticed. As of right now, the code displayed on this page is the same as the live template I am using. I will try getting that issue resolved shortly so it will display in IE too. As for now, you can also just do a 'Save Target As' in IE and save it as a text file. 2005-06-06T19:42:00-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments Cameron http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#t9 Anders Jacobsen has just posted a new Google SiteMap template which adds correct Last Modified dates to the output. Combined with Cameron Bulock's templates for category- or date-based sitemaps, these new templates are even more full-featured than the ... 2005-06-06T19:56:03-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#t10 Google SiteMaps for Movable Type - now with correct Last Modified dates (Anders Jacobsen's blog) Anders Jacobsen merkt an, dass man die sitemap doch noch etwas feiner unterteilen könnte, als dass niall tut. in seinem template wird noch berücksichtigt... 2005-06-07T05:27:41-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#t11 Thanks to Anders Jacobsen and Cameron, this site now comes equipped with a Google Sitemap for faster indexing. The sitemap is available here, and should hold no interest for any human reader unless they run a blog. For anyone who... 2005-06-09T06:02:29-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#t12 Interestingly Google have just released a new site map protocol using xml. I am sure this will take off in a big way especially as we already have a templates for Moveable Type from the following - Niall Kennedy, Anders... 2005-06-12T13:57:14-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#c940 Great stuff. One small change for me to get it to work correctly with my site and Google. Under the daily freq, to get the main url time correct - Had to change: To: The MTEntryModifiedDate was producing a barfed date that Google was hanging on. Great Work! 2005-07-01T12:46:33-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments Tj http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#c941 Sorry about the previous post - the text did not render proper. Simply change the MTEntryModifiedDate to MTArchiveDate in the first URL section. 2005-07-01T12:49:01-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments Tj http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#c1004 I tried this code on my site. I get an Invalid Date error. I have dropped off $MTBlogTimezone$ and resubmitted. Maybe it is due to the fact I am in GMT+9 ? 2005-07-26T00:49:37-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments Paul http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#c1178 Does anyone know how to create a categorized list of entries in a Google site map? 2005-08-23T00:11:39-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments JDG http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#c1890 Does it also make sense to add the Google Sitemap ping URL to the Movable Type preferences "Publicity/RemoteInterfaces/TrackBack" list? Would that work? 2005-11-21T16:51:16-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments Mecandes http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#c1891 The method Google uses to ping the sitemap URL is different than the method that Movable Type uses to ping sites, so it wouldn't work. Might be a cool thing to make a plugin for though 2005-11-21T18:04:59-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments Cameron http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#t593 2006-02-13T07:44:18-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#t646 Movable Type has no tool for making a Google Sitemap out of the box. Making a Google Sitemap is critical to keeping your website up to date in the SERP’s with big G. Luckily creating a sitemap and even keeping tabs on how often Googlebot visits you... 2006-03-08T22:09:34-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#t702 Google Sitemaps for Weblogs Google Sitemaps er en god måde at hjælpe Google på til at indeksere dit website. Nogle mener at det er overflødigt, men jeg kan faktisk se i loggen til denne weblog at Google læser Sitemap flere gange dagligt. 2006-04-03T18:24:47-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#c2297 I've heard alot about using the Google sitemap ,xml file, but does this process actually help your SE rankings? 2006-04-14T19:25:01-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments Brent http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#c4862 Great! I'll use this. 2006-11-08T16:31:03-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments MovableType Blogger(JP) http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#c5014 If you want to publish a search engine independent sitemap in ROR format, I have compiled a Movable Type template here. http://laurent.delavaissiere.net/blog/2006/04/making_search_engines_life_eas.html 2006-11-12T18:59:21-05:00 http://www.cbulock.com/2005/06/sitemaps_-_latest_update.html#comments ldelavaissiere