How to Create a Google News Sitemap

How to create a Google News sitemap

See a video on how to create a Google News Sitemap here.

Would you like to submit your article to Google News so that they appear in news search results?

All-in-one SEO Makes it very simple. In fact, if you haveAll in One SEO Pro's Pro plan or above, then very little configuration is required.

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

What is a Google News Sitemap?

A Google News Sitemap is a special sitemap that contains only news articles. It enables Google to quickly find your news articles and display them in news search results.

Don't confuse this with any other type of sitemap. It should only contain news articles and no other types of content.

To submit a News Sitemap to Google, we recommend adding your site toGoogle's Publisher Centerand approved.

While approval from the Google Publisher Center is not required, it provides several benefits, including content and brand control, monetization opportunities, and eligibility for placement on Google Newsstand.

Google provides information about the content that appears in Google News in its article.More information.

Enable News Sitemap

First, go toAll-in-one SEOIn the menuSitemap, then clickNews Sitemaptab.

You will see News Site Map screen, and you should see Enable sitemap If it is off, you will need to turn it on.

News Sitemap Settings

Next we need to decide what content to include in our News Sitemap.

existNews Sitemap Settingssection, you will seePublication NameandPost Typessettings.

existPublication Namefield, enter the name of your news publication. If you don't enter one, we'll use yourWebsite Title.

You can posttypeSettings to select what to include in your News Sitemap.

If you want to include everything, you can put "Include all post types" The check box remains selected.

If you uncheck "Include all post types" checkbox, you’ll see a list of all your content post types and can select the types you want to include in your sitemap.

For example, you probably wouldn’t include pages in your news sitemap, as those pages are unlikely to be news articles. Likewise, if you have other post types, such as products, those shouldn’t be included. Only news content should be included.

That's all the configuration required.You can open the site by clickingMap button to view a site map.