Saturday, March 4, 2023

Index Paging and SiteMap with Google Sites - My Unicorn dilemma unsolved!

 SiteMap Requested? Index Issues? 

If you are new to google sites, website lingo, or need some assistance on other avenues to try to be reaffirmed - I know that some of the redirecting for help can be ill-conceived for solution. Below is my unicorn of SiteMap Indexing you may find interesting. This article is my personal rendition of suggestions before solving. For real results and real answers, go to: Sitemaps with Wikipedia or even better - on writing the code needed at robot.txt with Wikipedia. These sites are more direct on what to write and know than the actual Google Help Sheets and Community Responses if you are new to these requests with website management. 

My Unicorn
                                                       "That's no unicorn!"        
                                            Photo By: Ming Zimik


Domain ownership with Google Sites and the crawling inspections that interfere with the new update in Google Analytics can set you back if you account the wrong description and code. (Meaning, your new to Google Analytics and think you only have one code to return for metrics - this is wrong. You need to create separate accounts to use Analytics as the main dashboard, so that means multiple accounts will return if you have more than one website you want to monitor.)
If you have encountered a sitemap Index error try:

1. Setting a Meta Description in the Head code of your HTML in the Page Inspect (upon the right click on your website home page, the options will appear it should be at the very bottom). You want to input:
<meta name="description" content= "Whatever content that your website is about within 120 characters." This does help your SEO ranking on your website scores. *Gather your site navigation and improve your user-friendly scores by making clear paths through your website. 

2. If you tried pointing your DNS and combining your websites (perhaps you had two) and thought that you could possibly control both on one console (perhaps, Google dashboard) and you thought that it was the same type of website (perhaps, the colors matched)... and were wrong. Ended up deleting some of the DNS settings, got confused, Google Analytics got messed up. Yes. Erase everything new that you recall from inputting the code in your HEAD HTML first. CLEAR IT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE to the original state. 
Then you'll want to keep those website accounts separate. They do not work right now. You will have to wait. Perhaps it is the new Google Analytics. Perhaps it is a bug issue. 

Next you can reinstall Google Analytics (you have to keep these website separate, the only console you can control all of them is on the actual Google Analytics Dashboard and NOT THE WEBSITE DASHBOARDS WITH REPORTS).  You have to set up each website that you want Google Analytics to give reports on because they will each have their own tracking code that you have to input on the correct website that is registered. 

ALWAYS KEEP THIS IN THE HEAD OF HTML CODE in the Inspect (right click, last item listed) in a designated area every time you insert code. I recommend even writing an HTML note if you must, to separate if you install multiple external code snippets - remember that this is indicated with:
<!-- type whatever you need-->

*Also, if inputting robots.txt file, upload within the settings of the (right click) at the upper right corner and find "Workspace" in the left navigational panel, then upload your folder with the file in this window. Do this while on the website page.

3. SiteMap organizations help navigate your website. For Web Developers, or who know HTML, with their own savvy set of linguistic knowledge this is fairly easy. Check out an example I provide:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
      <!--this is going from landing page to home page, ending sitemap, redirecting purposes>
<sitemapIndex xmlns="https://sites.google.com/view/heavymoccasin?pli=1">
   <sitemap>
      <loc>https://sites.google.com/view/heavymoccasin/home?authuser=0</loc>
      <lastmod>2023-03-04</lastmod>
   </sitemap>
</sitemapIndex>

This style is recommended for smaller websites. You might also want to list the navigation tabs from the top with this as well. Below, I used div inserts to separate what I was trying to do. This ended up being wrong - I did input this in my html and it rearranged everything from the head code - so, not recommended. But I just wanted to point out the effort involved and the suggestions at the end for future reference from this perspective. 


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--from homepage to subsets of visible links on page and their subsets from homepage parent>
<sitemapIndex xmlns="https://sites.google.com/view/heavymoccasin/home?authuser=0">
   <sitemap>
      </div>
      <loc>https://sites.google.com/d/1Gu_zaq16zmojgTyfzJLQ2NYWUBMCZ23a/p/1TocZVvV5Z-O-FfdnambsRA7tPMftOM-P/</loc>
      <lastmod>2023-03-04</lastmod>
         <!--subsets of the workshop page>          

This carried on for quite a while, first attempt at site indexing. Subsetting while indicating each link from the page. I realize that this helped me organize my website. Some of my font and buttons were different sizes - I was glad to clean it up a little bit. I also began remodeling my website for a mobile-friendly version. Central designs and uniform buttons. 

Here goes the Suggestion Box:

<!--Suggestion for future structuring to recognize mobile/tablet to desktop>
<!--Create Landing Page to MicroPage(s) to Contact for Mobile/Tablet>
This is explaining the course of action to assume with CTR (click-through-rate). A fully functioning CTR controls interactive goals, content, exposure, and for bookmarking to be made available for desktop access. These sitemaps deliver interest to continue perusing website.


<!--Create Home Page to MicroPage(s) to Contact for Desktop>
This creates an Ad Network schema to allow gallery, interaction, conversion to persist beyond location and mobile services. This navigational CTR allows branching on desktop to coincide advertisement with website to advance advertisement with re-introductive branding (as if stepping away from it, to be retargeted again) but with more follow-up information and coercion to surf. A Contact exit is just one of many (where advertisement exit would suggest conversion in ads).

The actual code for this would be:

user-agent: MediaPartners-Google      #name for advertisers
allow: /                                                 #allowing the googlebot for advertisers to crawl page

This does not create sitemap Index for exits, this idea is a different strategy for traffic flow and control in type of analytic reporting.
Informational, Navigational type sites indicated in metrics (SEO) are able to contend with content management using exit points with advertisement (effective conversion) and ultimate goal of contact page from website (desktop). This helps with further reading, reference, update, maintenance of website in general. 


Suggestion Box
"Suggestion Box"
                       Photo by Karolina Grabowska


<!--The URL does not have to change but the sitemap Index will sort Parent from Type of child when designing pages with audience per device>
This is describing Parent as website and Child as type of device. This parent takes on a full role on desktop while tablet and mobile would have sitemap Indexing for its audience. The screen space, user-friendly, and memory space (load time) for what it is typically used for. It could be the same information as a desktop, but it would have to be presented differently. 
The sitemap Index would be different because of the child - less advertisement on smaller devices permit content to be woven within for content writers. The Ad Network doesn't have this feature just yet - so it would be a plateau of strategies to consider when complaints of screen space suggest demand and interaction time per device. Exit strategies for conversion, customize ads further, by content navigation with CTR. 

<!--Creating the URL notification to enable in-depth content management/information for desktop and partial tablet>
<!--Creating the URL notification to enable mobile direction in address to impact speed of upload/download>

<!--Suggestion for future structuring of Informational/Navigational Sites, Desktop>
<!--Create structure to Carousel URLS for: Home Page/Landing Page, About - Exclaimer Notice, FAQ, Contact, all other MicroPages (list of sale products, articles, etc.) as Parent>
<!--Child Carousel URLS for: Last Modified, URL language, Conversion Directory (list of all clicks on website, incl. separate term for external links), Images/Video.>

I know that there are designated crawlers like Googlebots (user-Agents) that are designated for these types of video, advertisements, throughout the website for external links, etc. so this was a prior consideration. The content I was reading on sitemap Index did not have these as crawlers and I later learned that sitemap Index began in 1994. (check the wikipedia links at the top of this post.)


<!--Maintaining Record, Report, and Improvement with website maintenance.>
This would be the metrics reporting and sitemap strategy of mapping with exits as key. CTR and conversions are highly active. This also indicates issues with the "x" button or the easy exit button to close - perhaps design a marketing platform that indicates this task in a no-return rate for effective learning to promote. Increasing memory, insight on preference, and recommendations on controlling free choice to measure unhealthy activity. Promotional packages for use, monitoring, and the willing user that wants to know what type of person they are and what future to expect for them based on their preferences now can reveal a time management system that saves their dwindling future. 

For the suggestions, it was merely trying to use sitemap to separate the URL listings. They want us to put: https://en.websitename.com to separate languages of website to be found. I thought it would be more useful in the Parent - Child relation with coordinating mobile/tablet and desktop style content. 

Material I read that tried explaining sitemap Index using language separation. This might coordinate with URL as well. I wanted to suggest URL for type of device instead. The layout for website design (jello-layout or dynamic layouts) to become affixed to the dimensions of each custom screen is nice, but it can be daunting for desktop performance and content. We have to continuously cut content by half, and it creates a skimming reader. Full-thought content and desktop experience (or laptop) create the website experience and CTR engagement for advertisement strategies to continue to evolve its user.

Conclusion

I recommend WebadorPRO for website hosting. They did an amazing job with organization and SEO that I cannot commend enough on how easy it is to use. Inputting Google Analytics is encouraged and easily input without even needing to hit the Inspect and HTML data screen with code. There is a setting with the Advanced tab to input everything you need to keep your website in order. 
If you are setting up a simple blog, simple website, less than 50 pages, preferably. I recommend WebadorPRO! You will not need to hassle with sitemap indexing!

__Mischief

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