Easily Submit Sitemap to Yahoo

This post would in simple steps explain how to get yahoo index all your Blogger pages.And 

keep the yahoo bot coming back often.

So lets jump to the steps........

1.     Go to Yahoo Site Explorer

2.    Click on the 'Sign in' link which is at the top of the page,see the screenshot below(If you don't have a Yahoo id, you can get one Yahoo Id here) and sign into your accoutnt.

3.     Type your blog url in the box provided as shown in the below screenshot.Don't forget to replace the 'yourblogurl' with the original url of your blog and click on the 'Add My Site'

4.     After adding your site,you need to Authenticate(Verify your ownership).

There are two ways to verify your ownership.One is to upload a file to the root directory of your site .This option is not be possible in blogger.

Another one is to 'adding a metatag' which is possible and the only way to verify ownership for bloggers.First,copy the metatag..

Next,sign in to your blogger account>Edit html and paste the metatag below the head tag and SAVE THE CHANGES,look at the screenshot below.

Next,you will get a message saying that 'Your site is pending authentication'

Note:Don't remove the metatag,they will revalidate your ownership by checking your ownership regularly.

5.Next,go back to the 'Site explorer home', and check the box next to your blog url and click on the Manage button.

6.Type rss.xml or atom.xml in the box provided.It helps yahoo to discover more of your site content via your rss or atom feeds and to index your blog pages quickly whenever your blog is updated.Next,click on the add feed button.

That's it.Now,you have sucessfully submitted your blog sitemap to yahoo.Check your account 

after a couple of days and you will see your blog indexed in yahoo search engine.or even better if 

you add a yahoo badge on your blog with every view of your site you will know the 

trackbacks this even increses the probability of yahoo indexing your site.You may find it in the 

left sidebar badges section of Yahoo site Explorer

Note:-

I myself had a problem when adding the meta tag given by yahoo . but was able to save the template by changing the end tag: 

> to this: />

Template then parsed and saved, Hope this helps..

Any Problems you can ask through the comments form