Review of a Google Sitemap Generator - SOFTplus GSiteCrawler
This has become a bit of a hobby for me. I’ve been doing a run of Google SiteMap findings.
I’ve examined this subject in the past here:
SageRock: Review of Google Sitemap Generator and Editor - Web Marketing Blog
Google Sitemaps - The Simpler Way
Google Blog: Webmaster-friendly
Today I’m going to look at the SOFTplus GSiteCrawler found here:
SOFTplus GSiteCrawler (Johannes Mueller)
This is a downloaded software package for Windows. The program runs on all Windows versions from Windows 95A on up (e.g. Windows 95A/B/C, 98/98SE, ME, 2000 Pro/Server, XP Pro/Home, 2003 Server). It’s going through a lot of testing. So the version I have will expire on September 1, 2005. But everything installed fine. And it opened up without any problems.
The developer, Johannes Mueller is very eager and excited about the project, “I’d love to hear from you,” he writes. That’s a very nice sentiment from a programmer - especially for a free piece of software.
The software opens up in a tabbed format which makes the process really intuitive.
This software clearly takes the capability of these Google Sitemap generators to another level. It allows you to enter your ftp access information so your sitemap.xml file will automatically upload to your server. That’s very nice.
To start, you simply click the “Add new project” button and you’re off. It pretty much does everything for you.
This is definitely more comprehensive than anything else I’ve tried before.
So far, this is definitely the winner in Google Sitemap creators. It is really feature rich.
If you are still looking for a tool to help you with your Google Sitemap I would say this is the one to check out.