Why Google Indexes "Only 26 Pages" Of Your Blogger Sitemap

This post mark part of our new series on Blogger SEO. Due to integration of Yahoo's algorithm at Bing webmaster tools, sitemap submission has become much easy and valuable now. Previously we only need to submit links to Yahoo site explorer and would need to just Ping MSN search engine, and you had no advance webmaster settings page where you could monitor your progress report but now things have pretty much changed. Just like Google webmaster account where you submit your blog or website sitemaps, you will follow an exact similar approach at Bing and yahoo. This part would discuss the reasons on why only the latest 26 pages of your blog are indexed upon sitemap submission at Google but not your entire post pages. We will also offer a solution to this. Lets kick start Part-1 of Blogger SEO for 2012.

BLOGGER SEO 2012 SERIES

Part1: Blogger Multiple Sitemap Generation and Submission   Don't Forget to use our PHP TOOL For this!

Part2: Submit Sitemap to Bing and Yahoo without Errors and Ping them

Part3: Reduce Crawl Errors- 
           i.  Optimize Links in Blogger like Comments Archives and Labels
           ii. Correct VS Wrong SEO Techniques For Blogger Blogs

Note: Our series on Pro blogging will continue parallel to this new series.

Purpose of This Series:

This series is the only thing you will need while starting new blogs. It will include every single SEO detail required to set your blogs go viral. From sitemap submission to crawling errors, you will find solution for all your problems. I personally apply this technique for my blog and blogs of my clients. I will share how to add noindex and nofollow link elements to categories and archives correctly because a lot of miss-information is hovering in blogosphere related to these terms. I am sure this series will play an important role in making SEO no less than a fun.

Why Does Google Indexes Limited Pages?

When you submit your sitemap at Google webmaster account, you might have observed that only 26 URLs are shown to be indexed and not the remaining URLs on your blog. If you have more than 26 posts on your blog then Google wont be able to index the older posts correctly. Though Google crawlers are becoming efficient day by day with auto detection of webpages but still your posts can go neglected due to growing numbers of pages uploaded daily.

This problem is related to blogspot blogs alone. Blogger though free but is highly un-optimized platform in comparison to wordpress. Google uses Atom feed in xml formats to store a backup of your posts instead of the rich RSS feed format. The sitemap is generated automatically whenever you create a new blog at blogger and displays a list of only first 26 pages of your blog. This can effect your crawl rate and traffic because not all your pages are indexed. Therefore to let Google access every single page of your blog we will need to submit multiple sitemaps. The procedure is really simple as discussed below:

Multiple Sitemap Generation For blogger

We will break the entire blog posts into small segments comprising of 500 posts each. Its better to submit 500 posts per sitemap for better indexing. To generate sitemaps for your blog follow these steps:

1. Go and check your blogger dashboard to see how many posts have you written so far.

     2.    Count total number posts. The count is visible just below your blog title on your dashboard.
     3.   If your total post count is less than 500 then you must submit the following sitemap:

For Blogs with posts less than 500

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500

If your post count is more than 500 but less than 1000 then submit the following two sitemaps instead:

For Blogs with posts less than 1000

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=500

For Blogs with posts less than 1500


Similarly if your post count is greater than 1000 but less than 1500 then you will submit the following sitemaps and so on...

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=500
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1001&max-results=500

You have now successfully generated or created the sitemaps. Lets know submit them to Google.

Submit Sitemaps You Just Generated

1. Go To Google Webmasters
2. You will see list of all blogs that you created at blogger. Choose your main blog
3. You are now on the Dashboard page where you can see reports related to crawl errors, search queries and sitemaps.
4. Click the More » Link just under the sitemaps report.
5. Towards top right side, click the ADD/TEST SITEMAP button
6. In the empty blank paste your first sitemap and then click "Submit Sitemap". Repeat this step for remaining sitemaps until you have finished submitting all the sitemaps that you generated.

7.   Now Google will take at most three days to crawl and index every single page of your blog. After 1-3 days you will find that all URLS that you submitted are successfully indexed. Following is the report for MBT.



As you can see in the screenshot above that I have submitted three sitemaps instead of two. The last one which contains 26 URLs is an optional one because we already contained our first 26 URLs under the 500 limit. Since the total number of my posts plus pages are 614 therefore I submitted the following two sitemaps accordingly

atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=500

Need help?

You have now learned how to generate multiple sitemaps and submit them correctly. Our coming parts will be even more specific. If you are encountering any problem just let me know so that I could help. Stay tuned for upcoming parts. Peace and blessings pals! :)

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30 Websites to Create Favicon for your "Blog" or "Sites"

30 Websites to build Favicon for your Blog or Sites

Every popular website has an icon or image associated with it. This is what makes the website unique and gives it its identity. Look at Facebook. It has the 'f' icon, which is immediately recognizable. Google has the 'g' icon, and so on. These icons are displayed on browser tabs right next to the page title, and are known as "favicons". In essence, these favicons are a means of branding your blog. Every blog or website needs to have a brand. Without a brand, a blog has no credibility. It's a small, but essential step you need to take. In fact, it is one of the first steps you need to take when you start a blog or website.

You might think these icons appear automatically or something, but they don't. You need to manually create a favicon from your logo, and then add it into your template. Luckily, there are tonnes of tools that can help you create a favicon for your site. So here goes an insanely huge list of many such tools! :).

1. Favicon Generator and Gallery

Lets you create your own favicons. You ave to upload an image file and choose the size, and this tool will do the rest. You can download the icon to your computer. This site also have a gallery of some of the favicons made by others.

2. Animated Favicon

This is a great and interesting favicon tool. Instead of the traditional .ico icons, it makes .gif icons for you, which can be animated. Just visit the site to check it out!

3. Photoshop Tutorial

If you are a Photoshop fan like me, then you'll definitely want to check this out. This is a tutorial on creating favicons in Photoshop. You can create favicons right on your computer if you have Photoshop installed. 

4. Favicon Maker v1

This again is a simple favicon editor that lets you create your own favicons from the ground up. The best thing about it is, there are no ads on the site, and no extra stuff. So there's no distracting stuff that can bog down a website.

5. Dynamic Drive

Not a favicon-ish name, but it will do the job. It also lets you upload images to create favicon from. And it gives you instructions as well! You can also add this tool on your own site by pasting a code.

6. iConvert

Now here's an idea I like. This tool is unique in the sense that it creates icons for Windows, Mac, and Linux, all in a single step!

7. GenFavicon

One of the best favicon tools. It is really easy to use. Just upload your image, and you can cut, crop and preview it. You can then convert it into a favicon, ready to be used with your site.

8. Online Icon Maker

Another great icon pixel editor. It has the looks of a professional icon maker. It gives a wide ranger of colors to choose from to fill in your pixels. This is the first such tool I ever used.

9. Convertico

Convertico lets you upload images to convert to favicons. You can also provide a URL to the image you want to use. It is also one of the best favicon tools out there.

10. Favicon.ru

Pretty much the same as the others. But I've noticed that it's faster, and it generates favicons more quickly. I may be wrong, though.

11. Favicon Editor v0.03

Now here's where creativity comes in. This tool doesn't take images from you and converts them into icons. I has a simple pixel editor that lets you create a favicon from scratch!

12. Degreave Favicon Generator

This one is a my favorite. It lets me generate favicons in two way, from images and from the pixel editor. It has a wide range of colors you can choose from for your pixels. It's really cool!

13. Favicon Generator

Not a very attractive one to look at, but this definitely is a very useful tool. It explains what a favicon is, and how to use it on your website. I recommend you use this tool!

14. Favicon editor

This is just a simple favicon pixel-by-pixel editor. Throw in 16 million colors though, and you have yourself quite a treat! This is one of the few editors that offers the complete set of RGB colors.

15. Web Script Lab Favicon Generator

Although it is a simple uploaded-image converter tool, there are some small, but pretty useful tools from Web Script Lab you might find useful.

16. Converticon

One of the easiest and most simple tools available. It guides you through the process, and makes you upload an image to convert into an icon. It has many icon resolutions to choose from.

17. Favicon.cc

A nice favicon tool that also provides 16 million colors, and gives you the option to import an image. It also has features like latest favicons, top rated favicons etc.

18. Faviconr

Simple tool that creates favicon from an image that you supply

19. Favikon

Here's a neat little tool. It asks you to upload an image, and then shows you the generated favicon so you can see how it looks. You can then download it in .ico or .png formats.

20. Favicon Japan

This is a simple image converting tool, but it is in the Japanese language.

21. Favicon Tool

This one again isn't in English. But it sure is very helpful to me. It's an editor, and lets me enter RGB values manually! It also offers 16 million colors, with many color profiles. Best of all, when I select a shade, it tells me the corresponding RGB values, so I can use them in future.

22. Favicon Generator

This is one of the simplest favicon editor, and one of the easiest one to use. It is also a pixel-by-pixel editor.

23. Favicon Drawing tool

As the name suggests, this is a favicon drawing tool and it has many color to choose from

24. Favicon Generator

Image converting tool. It also gives you instructions on how to use favicons.

25. 256 Pixels

This is pretty much like the other favicon tools. But despite what the name says, it actually provides 16M colors for you to work with.

26. HTML Kit Favicon

Simple image converting tool

27. Buddy Icon

This tool lets you add your own icon to instant messengers, bulleting boards and other places that accept custom icons.

28. Favicon Tool

Convert images into icons, and learn about what favicons actually are and their advantages.

29. Favicon Factory

Simple image converting tool

30. Iconfu

Simple, but easy to use favicon editor

This was my list of top 30 favicon tools. If you know of any better ones, then do let us know! Cheers :)

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