Submitting blog sitemap to Google, Bing

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  amylynnehayes · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 12:02 pm

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  I am looking into submitting my blog sitemap to Google and Bing, but it appears that I will need to use plug-ins, if I am understanding the step correctly. I’m not sure if I am able to do that with my current theme and site format. Is there anyway that I can upgrade or enable a way for sitemap submissions. I will also be looking into burning a feed with feedburner, and putting Google analytics on my site. I am new to this , so it seems a bit of minefield at the moment! Thanks!

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 8:38 pm

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  WordPress.com does not currently support Google Analytics tracking. However we do offer built-in statistics showing you most of the same types of information as Google Analytics would display.

  You can view your site’s stats by clicking the stats link in the grey admin bar at the top of your site. To find out more about how stats are measured and reported, see the following help page.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/

  You can also install Google Webmaster Tools, which contains some of the same functions as Google Analytics:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/webmaster-tools/

  Your blog is enabled with just about everything you need to be super-searchable. This includes an XML sitemap, which you can access at http://creatricemondial.com/sitemap.xml .

  No need to do anything extra on your end. The sitemap file included with your blog is available to every search engine that supports the protocol, including Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Ask.com, and others. WordPress.com automatically sends updates to search engines every time you update or delete a page or post. If you would like to learn more about the protocol, visit sitemaps.org.

  You also don’t need to use Feedburner for your feed as your site feed can be located at http://creatricemondial.com/feed/

  I hope that clarifies things. Let me know if you have any questions.

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  amylynnehayes · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 8:46 pm

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  Ok perfect!! Thanks for the clarification. I’ve been talking to a friend of mine who has been giving me some advice, but he’s not familiar with WordPress features. Glad to know its so simple! Thanks for your help as well!

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Apr 29, 2013 at 8:58 pm

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  No sense complicating things! :)

  Let us know if we can help with anything else.