This assumes that you already have a Google analytics account. If not then I suggest you read Carson's tutorial Adding Google Analytics to Wordpress

These are the instructions at Google help http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=183669

To submit a Sitemap:
1. Upload your Sitemap (or mRSS feed) to your site.
2. On the Webmaster Tools home page, click the site you want.
3. Under Site configuration, click Sitemaps.
4. Click the Add/Test Sitemap button.
5. In the text box, complete the path to your Sitemap (for example, if your Sitemap is at http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml, type sitemap.xml).
6. Click Submit Sitemap.

This is what you will get at stage 5

If everything is OK than you will be told that by Google. Congratulations.

If you have any queries please use the comments section or contact me directly. The plugin I use seems to have limited support now and I would be interested to hear about other people's choices.

Whichever you choose to use the principle is generally the same throughout however.



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olujade Premium
Very helpful now how long does it take to get crawled?
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mikpj Premium
I am pretty sure that it's always crawling.
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pas1745 Premium
Thank you Morlandroger, this was very helpful information.
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Rick Jantz Premium
Hi. I cannot find Site Configuration. Are you able to direct me? Thanks
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ashcat Premium
Is this just for blogs or multi-page websites with a blog attached to it? cheers :-)
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morlandroger Premium
Sorry I have not got around to replying sooner but not been very active here for the last month. It will apply to any wordpress site. Some of this is out of date because WA does not use plesk the same way but a lot still applies.
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Malablues Premium
Your step-by-step guide regarding permissions worked perfectly! Other websites only tell you to change it to 777 or 775 or something like that. Huh? Just show me a picture of the settings!
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morlandroger Premium
Hope it sorted it. The pics are a bit faint but you can see a clearer version if you click on them.
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Kyle Premium Plus
Nice! Glad you got this sorted... :)
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