Video Sitemap - AIOSEO https://aioseo.com Fri, 22 Dec 2023 21:34:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://aioseo.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/symbol-logo-lg-1.png Video Sitemap - AIOSEO https://aioseo.com 32 32 How to Create a Video Sitemap https://aioseo.com/docs/how-to-create-a-video-sitemap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-create-a-video-sitemap Sat, 22 Aug 2020 02:13:23 +0000 https://aioseo.com/docs/how-to-create-a-video-sitemap/ Do you want to submit videos in your content to search engines so they show up in video search results? All in One SEO makes this really easy. In fact, if you have the Pro plan or above for All…

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Do you want to submit videos in your content to search engines so they show up in video search results?

All in One SEO makes this really easy. In fact, if you have the Pro plan or above for All in One SEO Pro then it’s enabled by default and there’s very little configuration needed.

Here we’ll show you how to review the settings and check your sitemap so that you can be confident it includes all the right content.

Tutorial Video

Viewing Your Video Sitemap

First, let’s make sure you can view your video sitemap.

To get started, go to Sitemaps in the All in One SEO menu and then click on the Video Sitemap tab.

Video Sitemaps tab in Sitemaps menu in All in One SEO

You’ll see the Video Sitemap screen and you should see that Enable Sitemap is on. If it’s off, you’ll want to turn it on.

Click the Open Sitemap button to view your video sitemap.

Open Sitemap button in the Video Sitemap settings

You should see an index page for your video sitemap that looks like this:

Example of a Video Sitemap generated by All in One SEO

The index page lists all of the video sitemaps for your site. Each video sitemap contains a different type of content. For example, above you’ll see there’s one for Posts and one for Pages.

Click on each link in the index to see the list of that content with information related to the videos in that content.

Now that you know how to view your video sitemap, let’s look at the basic settings.

Configuring the Video Sitemap

Let’s start by deciding which content we want to include in our video sitemap.

There are two settings here, Post Types and Taxonomies. If you want to include all your content then you can leave the Include All Post Types and Include All Taxonomies check boxes set to checked.

If you uncheck these two check boxes you’ll see a list of all your content post types and taxonomies and can select which to include in your sitemap.

Post Types and Taxonomies options in Video Sitemap settings

That’s all there is to it!

Supported Video Types

The Video Sitemap in All in One SEO Pro only supports specific video embeds. You can find a list of the supported video embed types here.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does All in One SEO create a physical sitemap file?

No, All in One SEO does not create a physical file for your sitemap. Our sitemaps are all virtual web pages that are dynamically generated whenever a crawler visits the sitemap URL. This way it’s always up-to-date, there’s never an issue with it getting accidentally deleted, and you don’t have to worry about server-side file permissions making it unavailable to search engines.

You can read more about why a dynamically generated sitemap is better in our article here.

What happens if I disable the Sitemap?

If you disable the sitemap by clicking on the Enable Sitemap toggle then All in One SEO will no longer generate a sitemap and the URL will return a 404 page not found error. Search engines will no longer be able to get this valuable information about your site and content, which is why we don’t recommend disabling the sitemap in All in One SEO.

Next Steps: Submit Your Sitemap to Search Engines

Next, you’ll want to tell Google and Bing that you have a sitemap.

Follow the instructions in these articles to submit your sitemap to each search engine:

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Supported Videos https://aioseo.com/docs/supported-videos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supported-videos Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:03:05 +0000 https://aioseo.com/docs/supported-videos/ This is a list of the videos currently supported by the Video Sitemap in All in One SEO Pro version 4.x: DailyMotion videos embedded using oEmbed and iFrame Flickr videos embedded using oEmbed and JavaScript TED videos embedded using oEmbed…

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This is a list of the videos currently supported by the Video Sitemap in All in One SEO Pro version 4.x:

  • DailyMotion videos embedded using oEmbed and iFrame
  • Flickr videos embedded using oEmbed and JavaScript
  • TED videos embedded using oEmbed and iFrame
  • VideoPress / WordPress.tv videos embedded using oEmbed and iFrame
  • Vimeo videos embedded using oEmbed and iFrame
  • YouTube videos embedded using oEmbed and iFrame
  • Support for some videos added using JavaScript
  • Locally hosted videos embedded using Media Library/shortcode
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How to Exclude Content from Your Video Sitemap https://aioseo.com/docs/how-to-exclude-content-from-your-video-sitemap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-exclude-content-from-your-video-sitemap Wed, 26 Aug 2020 23:33:19 +0000 https://aioseo.com/docs/how-to-exclude-content-from-your-video-sitemap/ You may have video content on your site that you don’t want to submit to search engines. If that’s the case, All in One SEO can help you. Content is typically submitted to search engines using sitemaps. All in One…

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You may have video content on your site that you don’t want to submit to search engines.

If that’s the case, All in One SEO can help you.

Content is typically submitted to search engines using sitemaps. All in One SEO generates sitemaps that contain your content and it notifies search engines when you’ve published, changed or deleted content on your site.

Search engines can also find content on their own by either crawling your site and following internal links, or by following links from someone else’s site to your content. This is less reliable and takes longer for them to find your content.

You can choose to exclude content from your Video Sitemap so that search engines aren’t notified when video content is published, changed, or deleted.

Excluding Content from Your Video Sitemap

To get started, go to Sitemaps in the All in One SEO menu and then click on the Video Sitemap tab.

Video Sitemaps tab in Sitemaps menu in All in One SEO

Scroll down to the Advanced Settings section and click the toggle to display the Advanced Settings.

Advanced Settings in the Video Sitemap settings

Here you’ll see settings for Exclude Posts / Pages and Exclude Terms.

Excluding Posts

In the Exclude Posts / Pages field, start typing the title of any post, page or other post type in this field and a drop down will appear that shows matching content. Click on the content you want to exclude and it will be added in the field.

Typing the title of a page in the Exclude Posts / Pages field

You can then repeat this by typing the title of any content and selecting it.

Excluding Terms

In the Exclude Terms field, type the name of any category, tag or other taxonomy term and a drop down will appear that shows matching content. Click on the content you want to exclude and it will be added in the field.

Exclude Terms setting in Video Sitemap Advanced Settings
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How to Disable Sitemaps in All in One SEO https://aioseo.com/docs/how-to-disable-sitemaps-in-all-in-one-seo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-disable-sitemaps-in-all-in-one-seo Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:00:43 +0000 https://aioseo.com/docs/how-to-disable-sitemaps-in-all-in-one-seo/ If you’re using another plugin for your XML Sitemap, Video Sitemap, Google News Sitemap or RSS Sitemap then you may want to disable any or all of the sitemaps in All in One SEO. In This Article Disabling the Sitemap…

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If you’re using another plugin for your XML Sitemap, Video Sitemap, Google News Sitemap or RSS Sitemap then you may want to disable any or all of the sitemaps in All in One SEO.

Disabling the Sitemap Created by All in One SEO

To do this, click on Sitemaps in the All in One SEO menu and then click on each of the sitemap tabs at the top of the screen.

Sitemaps menu item in All in One SEO

At the top of each sitemap settings screen you’ll see an Enable Sitemap setting. Click the toggle to disable that specific sitemap.

Enable Sitemap setting in All in One SEO

Frequently Asked Questions

Does All in One SEO create a physical sitemap file?

No, All in One SEO does not create a physical file for your sitemap. Our sitemaps are all virtual web pages that are dynamically generated whenever a crawler visits the sitemap URL. This way it’s always up-to-date, there’s never an issue with it getting accidentally deleted, and you don’t have to worry about server-side file permissions making it unavailable to search engines.

You can read more about why a dynamically generated sitemap is better in our article here.

What happens if I disable the Sitemap?

If you disable the sitemap by clicking on the Enable Sitemap toggle then All in One SEO will no longer generate a sitemap and the URL will return a 404 page not found error. Search engines will no longer be able to get this valuable information about your site and content, which is why we don’t recommend disabling the sitemap in All in One SEO.

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Submitting a Sitemap to Google https://aioseo.com/docs/submitting-a-sitemap-to-google/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=submitting-a-sitemap-to-google Fri, 28 Aug 2020 22:23:35 +0000 https://aioseo.com/docs/submitting-a-sitemap-to-google/ Once you have created a sitemap using All in One SEO, you will need to submit it to Google. To do this you will need to register your site with Google Search Console. Once you have added your site as…

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Once you have created a sitemap using All in One SEO, you will need to submit it to Google. To do this you will need to register your site with Google Search Console.

Once you have added your site as a property in Google Search Console, navigate to “Sitemaps” in the left-hand menu. You’ll see the Add a new sitemap box at the top of the screen.

Submitting a sitemap in Google Search Console

Enter the URL for your sitemap, click the Submit button and you are done.

You only need to enter the last part of the URL as the domain name is already filled out for you. The default names for the sitemaps created by All in One SEO are:

  • XML Sitemap:  sitemap.xml
  • Video Sitemap:  video-sitemap.xml 
  • News Sitemap:  news-sitemap.xml 
  • RSS Sitemap:  sitemap.rss 
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Submitting a Sitemap to Bing https://aioseo.com/docs/submitting-a-sitemap-to-bing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=submitting-a-sitemap-to-bing Fri, 28 Aug 2020 23:57:41 +0000 https://aioseo.com/docs/submitting-a-sitemap-to-bing/ Once you have created a sitemap using All in One SEO, you will need to submit it to Bing. To do this you will need to register your site with Bing Webmaster Tools. Once you have added your site as…

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

Once you have added your site as a property in Bing Webmaster Tools, navigate to Sitemaps in the left-hand menu.

Now click the Submit sitemap button in the top right corner of the screen.

Submit sitemap button in Bing Webmaster Tools

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

Submit sitemap form in Bing Webmaster Tools

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

  • XML Sitemap:  sitemap.xml
  • Video Sitemap:  video-sitemap.xml 
  • RSS Sitemap:  sitemap.rss 
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Submitting a Sitemap to Yandex https://aioseo.com/docs/submitting-a-sitemap-to-yandex/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=submitting-a-sitemap-to-yandex Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:20:20 +0000 https://aioseo.com/docs/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…

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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
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Choosing Which Content to Include in Your Video Sitemap https://aioseo.com/docs/choosing-which-content-to-include-in-your-video-sitemap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=choosing-which-content-to-include-in-your-video-sitemap Fri, 28 Aug 2020 21:45:24 +0000 https://aioseo.com/docs/choosing-which-content-to-include-in-your-video-sitemap/ By default, the Video Sitemap in All in One SEO will include all content which you’ve chosen to show in search results. However, you may want to choose which content you submit to search engines. If that’s the case, All…

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By default, the Video Sitemap in All in One SEO will include all content which you’ve chosen to show in search results.

However, you may want to choose which content you submit to search engines.

If that’s the case, All in One SEO can help you.

To get started, go to Sitemaps in the All in One SEO menu and then click on the Video Sitemap tab.

Video Sitemaps tab in Sitemaps menu in All in One SEO

In the Video Sitemap Settings section you’ll see settings for Post Types and Taxonomies. By default, these are set to include all post types and taxonomies.

Default Post Types and Taxonomies settings for Video Sitemap

If you want to change which content is included in your Video Sitemap, uncheck the Include All checkbox and you’ll see a list of all the post types and taxonomies for your site.

Post Types and Taxonomies options showing individual post types and taxonomies

Now you can uncheck the box for any content you don’t want to include in your Video Sitemap.

You’ll notice that Categories and Tags are not shown in the Taxonomies setting. This is because categories and tags in WordPress do not support videos in the Description field.

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Adding non-WordPress Content to the Video Sitemap https://aioseo.com/docs/adding-non-wordpress-content-to-the-video-sitemap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adding-non-wordpress-content-to-the-video-sitemap Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:21:54 +0000 https://aioseo.com/docs/adding-non-wordpress-content-to-the-video-sitemap/ There is currently no way to include non-WordPress content in the video sitemap. This feature will be added in a future release.

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There is currently no way to include non-WordPress content in the video sitemap. This feature will be added in a future release.

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Including Videos in Custom Fields in Your Video Sitemap https://aioseo.com/docs/including-videos-in-custom-fields-in-your-video-sitemap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=including-videos-in-custom-fields-in-your-video-sitemap Mon, 24 Aug 2020 19:49:38 +0000 https://aioseo.com/docs/including-videos-in-custom-fields-in-your-video-sitemap/ If you have videos in your content that have been added using custom fields then you probably want to include them in your Video Sitemap. You may also have videos added using a drag-and-drop page builder that may use custom…

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NOTE:
The Video Sitemap feature is available to customers with a Pro plan or above for All in One SEO Pro.

Upgrade to All in One SEO Pro today to get Video Sitemaps and many more features!

If you have videos in your content that have been added using custom fields then you probably want to include them in your Video Sitemap.

You may also have videos added using a drag-and-drop page builder that may use custom fields.

If you want to include these videos in your Video Sitemap, go to All in One SEO » Sitemaps » Video Sitemap » Advanced Settings.

You’ll see a setting for Include Custom Fields. Set this to Yes to include videos added in custom fields.

Include Custom Fields setting in Video Sitemap Advanced Settings
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