Webmaster FAQ

General questions

What's a sitemap? How do I add one?

A sitemap is a file (.xml format) containing a list of all of the pages of your website. You don't need to do anything to make one, it's automatically generated. A copy is stored at the root of your website - to access it, just enter the address of your website and add "sitemap.xml" at the end. For example, if your website address is "username.doomby.com", your sitemap file is located at username.doomby.com/sitemap.xml. To submit your sitemap (for example, to Google), you can just use this address.

My website isn't showing up in search engines.

If you're website is still fairly recent, that's normal. It can take several days - or weeks - until the automated "robots" get sent to have a look at your website and add it to their database. You can speed things up by submitting it manually. To do so:

- for Google, head here http://www.google.com/addurl/
- for Yahoo, this way http://search.yahoo.com/info/submit.html
- for Bing, it's here http://www.bing.com/webmaster/SubmitSitePage.aspx