Notify Google of sitemap change when any content on website changes

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I've used Wordpress's plugin that notifies a few search engines every time you make a new post. However i'm thinking of developing a website that users submit stuff to, how can i use PHP to notify Google with an XML sitemap (or similar method) of the site changes as and when they happen, so users submissions are searchable/indexed quickly by Google.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 14 '18 at 05:02

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To ping Google, the ping url is:

http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=http://www.yoursite.com/sitemap-file.xml

edited Mar 14 '18 at 05:02

captainblack

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answered Jan 11 '11 at 16:12

Poelinca Dorin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '20 at 20:03

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For PHP:

file_get_contents("https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=https://domain.tld/sitemap.xml")

For Python:

import requests
requests.get("https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=https://domain.tld/sitemap.xml")

answered Sep 15 '20 at 20:03

Pedro Lobito

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 24 '13 at 04:02

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shell_exec('ping -c1 www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=http://www.website.com/sitemap.php');

answered Jun 24 '13 at 04:02

Andre Glegg

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score -1 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 19 '13 at 06:48

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Issue your request to the following URL: www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ping?sitemap=sitemap_url Issue the HTTP request using wget, curl, or another mechanism of your choosing. A successful request will return an HTTP 200 response code, if you receive a different response, you should resubmit your request.

edited Aug 19 '13 at 06:48

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answered Aug 16 '13 at 10:22

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Notify Google of sitemap change when any content on website changes

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