So, I’ve made a bunch of posts as part of an experiment to promote a new blog site for San Diego short sales.  I discovered an important aspect of the blog system call the site map.  Site maps can be designed for human readers and others are designed so that search engines such as GOOGLE can easily find your posts.

Here is an example of the one for http://www.ShortOrStaySanDiego.com

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/sitemap_index.xml

which gives the search engines several views of the site maps associated with the site.

XML Sitemap
This XML Sitemap Index file contains 6 sitemaps.

Sitemap Last Modified
http://shortorstaysandiego.com/post-sitemap.xml 2012-08-16 22:06
http://shortorstaysandiego.com/page-sitemap.xml 2012-05-10 03:16
http://shortorstaysandiego.com/testi-sitemap.xml 2012-03-10 14:12
http://shortorstaysandiego.com/faq-sitemap.xml 2011-09-08 00:27
http://shortorstaysandiego.com/category-sitemap.xml 2012-08-16 22:06
http://shortorstaysandiego.com/post_tag-sitemap.xml 2012-08-16 22:06

If you check out the top one:
You will discover:

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/san-diego-short-sale-recap-%e2%80%93-how-many-san-diego-short-sale-homes-first-half-of-2012/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:40

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/san-diego-short-sale-guide-san-diego-short-sale-hardship-letter/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:40

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/my-san-diego-home-can-i-get-paid-to-do-a-short-sale-san-diego-short-sale-relocation-money/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:42

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/the-san-diego-short-sale-package-san-diego-short-sale-guide/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:42

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/finding-real-san-diego-short-sale-expert-help-step-2/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:43

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/qualifying-for-a-san-diego-short-sale-part-1/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:43

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/the-san-diego-short-sale-solution-part-2/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:44

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/the-san-diego-short-sale-solution-part-1/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:45

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/what-you-should-know-about-short-sales-in-san-diego/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:55

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/pre-approved-hafa-san-diego-short-sale-process/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:56

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/short-sale-solution-clairemont/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:57

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/la-jolla-homes-update-867-homes-owe-more-than-they-are-worth/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:57

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/real-estate-tip-documents-you-need-to-do-a-short-sale-on-your-san-diego-home/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 20:58

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/real-estate-tips-who-pays-the-agent-and-all-other-expenses-when-short-selling-your-home/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 21:01

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/san-diego-carlsbad-short-sale-closed/

60% 7 Weekly 2012-07-11 21:03

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/real-estate-tips-how-to-price-your-home-if-you-are-doing-a-short-sale/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 21:04

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/real-estate-tips-will-my-short-sale-be-approved-on-my-san-diego-home-or-rental-2/ 60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 21:05

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/do-i-have-to-be-late-on-my-payments-to-do-a-short-sale-in-my-san-diego-home/  60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 21:06

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/on-my-san-diego-short-sale-can-my-bank-make-me-pay-anything-to-process-a-short-sale/ 60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 21:07

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/will-a-short-sale-on-my-san-diego-home-cost-me/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 21:08

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/tax-consequences-of-a-san-diego-short-sale/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-11 21:10

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/determining-your-san-diego-home%e2%80%99s-value-step-3/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-16 18:05

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/listing-your-home-for-sale-step-4/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-17 17:57

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/selecting-the-very-best-offer-step-5/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-18 18:24

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/negotiating-with-the-bank-on-your-san-diego-short-sale-step-7/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-20 22:00

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/how-to-find-a-san-diego-short-sale-agent/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-07-25 21:50

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/submit-your-san-diego-short-sale-package-step-6/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-08-02 22:01

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/deficiency-judgments-on-your-san-diego-short-sale-step-8/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-08-02 22:03

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/san-diego-short-sales-hardship-letter-san-diego-short-sale-process/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-08-16 22:03

http://shortorstaysandiego.com/san-diego-short-sales-will-a-short-sale-on-my-san-diego-home-cost-me-anything/

60% 1 Weekly 2012-08-16 22:06