Google Sitemap Configuration

Your Google sitemap should be updated as frequently as the content on your site changes, which could be daily, weekly, or monthly. The configuration lets you set the frequency and priority for each type of content separately.

To find your configuration settings for your Google Sitemap, navigate to System->Configuration. From this page, select Catalog->Google Sitemap.

Step 1.

1. Complete the Generation Settings.
2. Click to expand the Generation Settings section.
3. To Activate Google Sitemap, Set Enabled to Yes. Then do the following:
   1. Set Start Time to the hour, minute and second that you want your sitemap to be updated.
   2. Set Frequency to one of the following:
      1. Daily
      2. Weekly
      3. Monthly
   3. In the Error Email Recipient field, enter the email address of the person who is to receive notification if an error occurs during a sitemap update.
   4. Set Error Email Sender to the store contact who appears as the sender of the error notification
   5. Set Error Email Template to the template used for the error notification

Step 2.

Set the Frequency and Priority of Content Updates

1. Click to expand the Categories Options section. Then do the following:
   1. Set Frequency to one of the following:
      1. Always
      2. Hourly
      3. Daily
      4. Weekly
      5. Monthly
      6. Yearly
      7. Never
2. In the priority field, enter a value between 0.0 and 1.0. Zero has the lowest priority.

3. Click to expand the Categories Options section. Then, complete the Frequency and Priority settings as needed.

4. Click to expand the Products Options section. Then, complete the Frequency and Priority settings as needed.

   

5. Click to expand the CMS Pages Options section. Then, complete the Frequency and Priority settings as needed.

   

6. If you have the blog module installed, Click to expand the Blog Post Options section. Then, complete the Frequency and Priority settings as needed.

7. When complete, click the SAVE CONFIG button.