Submitting a Sitemap to Yandex

Once you have created a sitemap using All in One SEO, you may want to submit it to Yandex. To do this you will need to register your site with Yandex Webmaster Tools.

Once you have added your site as a property in Yandex Webmaster Tools, navigate to Indexing » Sitemap files in the left-hand menu.

You should see the Add Sitemap file form. Enter the full URL for your sitemap in the field, click the Add button and you are done.

Add Sitemap form in Yandex Webmaster Tools

The default names for the sitemaps created by All in One SEO are:

  • XML Sitemap:  sitemap.xml
  • Video Sitemap:  video-sitemap.xml

Once you have created a sitemap using All in One SEO, you may want to submit it to Yandex. To do this you will need to register your site with Yandex Webmaster Tools.

Once you have added your site as a property in Yandex Webmaster Tools, navigate to Indexing » Sitemap files in the left-hand menu.

You should see the Add Sitemap file form. Enter the full URL for your sitemap in the field, click the Add button and you are done.

The default names for the sitemaps created by All in One SEO are:

  • XML Sitemap:  sitemap.xml
  • Video Sitemap:  video-sitemap
  • RSS Sitemap:  sitemap.rss

Important:
It can take a while for Yandex to process your sitemap. The length of time they take is entirely up to them and you cannot force them to process your sitemap any faster, so please be patient.

Note:
The XML Sitemap created by All in One SEO automatically includes all your images, so it means you don't have to submit a separate Image Sitemap.