Search engine traffic is the best traffic You can get for your online Business. So if you are running a Home Based Business with an Online Presence why wouldn't you do everything possible to gain a Top Search Engine Ranking. One of the Simplest things you can do is Create a Google Site map. Does Creating a Google Site Map Get you a Higher Google Ranking? Probably not by itself? Does Creating a Google Site Map and Telling Google About it get your Work at Home Business Web Page Indexed Faster? Google Visited My Home Based Business Web Page the Same Day I Uploaded my Site Map. I have to believe anything you can do make it easier for Google to Index you will help your Online Business get a Google Ranking. Of Course you need to follow other Google rules regarding content and Back Links Using the free tools detailed in the 4 steps that follow, you can have a Google Sitemap in less then 10 Minutes and you do not need to know XML. Step 1 Create a Google Site map Account The First thing you need to do is create a Google sitemap account. This is as Simple as going to the following websites clicking on create an Account and then just filling in a form ( href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login">https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login ) Step 2 Create Your Site map You do not need to know XML to create a Google Sitempap. Not with this free web based tool. Simply go to the below web site type in your domain and it will automatically spider your site and create a Google Site Map for you. http://www.sitemapspal.com/ Step 3 Upload your Site map to Your Web Page Once you have created an XML Sitemap using the free tool in Step 2 you would just upload it to your web page either by FTP or by using the Cpanel from your Web Host. Step 4 Add Your SiteMap to Google The last step in this process is to tell Google about your Sitemap. You simply Log In to your Google site map account and add the URL of you Site Map. Be sure and check back a few hours later to make sure it uploaded correctly. href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login">https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login Now be sure and repeat the above 4 Steps whenever you change your website. About the Author: Mike Makler has been Marketing Online Since 2001, When he built his first Sales organization of over 100,000 Members. Subscribe to Mike's Newsletter here: http://www.ewguru.com/hbiz/list-sign-up.html More Articles by Mike: http://weeklytipsandtricks.blogspot.com Permission based E-Mail Marketing http://ewguru.com/hbiz/amazingoffer.html Copyright © 2005-2006 Mike Makler The Coolest Guy in The Universe [You have permission to publish this article electronically or in print, free of charge, as long as the bylines are included. A courtesy copy of your publication would be appreciated.]