A sitemap is a list of URLs on a website that tells search engines about the structure of the website and its content.
A Squarespace website automatically comes with a sitemap in the .xml format, so you don’t need to create one manually. It includes the URLs for all pages on your site and image metadata for SEO-friendly indexing. your sitemap
You can view your site map by adding:
/sitemap.xml
to the end of your domain.
For example, if you have a custom domain, your sitemap URL will be https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml
Here’s a screenshot of a sitemap for one of my customers
Editing your sitemap
You can submit your sitemap in Google search console. It updates automatically whenever you make changes to your site. Changes usually appear within 24 hours to appear.
Setting up Google Analytics tracking in the right way is very important otherwise one may end up getting inaccurate reports on your website’s traffic. Google Analytics, by default, tracks each and every view of the pages that anyone visits on your site.
Why to Not Track WordPress Logins
Sometimes we see spikes in traffic which are hard to understand and it will say that it’s direct traffic. So either a lot of people just happened to be on your website or something wasn’t recorded accurately.
Maybe it was that you or your developer logged into the website multiple times and that got recorded by the Google Analytics. This information can confuse you and it will not give the right results for your marketing dollars. You want to make sure that you get your money’s and time’s worth.
So how to avoid that? I have outlined the steps below to stop tracking spurious traffic resulting from admin WordPress logins.
Steps To Avoid Direct WordPress Admin Logins
There are numerous approaches to disable Google Analytics tracking for WordPress admin logins in Google Analytics.
For example, you can set up an IP address filter. You can whitelist your IP address and stop tracking visits coming from that specific IP. That way, you can stop tracking all the direct logins coming from your website when you are logged in. But, this is only good when you are using a static IP address.
A much better solution is to disable tracking for logged in visitors users even if you are using a dynamic IP address.
Create A Filter in Google Analytics To Stop Tracking Users Logged into the WordPress
Log into your Google Analytics account & select the website you want to set the filter for from your Google Analytics accounts (if you have multiple websites).
Go into the admin section
Go to the Admin Section of Google Analytics Tracking
After that, click on the Filters section
Click on the Filters Section of Google Analytics
Click on the Add Filter button
Click on the Add Filter Button in Google Analytics
Define a filter label – I chose Exclude WordPress Admin Logins
Select the filter type to Custom and choose ‘Exclude‘ from the options below.
Select the Filter Field as Request URI and type in wp-login.php in the filter pattern
Hit the save button
Now you are all set and Google Analytics won’t track your WordPress users. Easy peasy!
If you have any questions about this please drop a comment below. I will be happy to help!
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