Getting a Sitemap for a Subdomain into Webmaster Tools

[sbaylor]

We have a subdomain that is a Wordpress blog, and it takes days, sometimes weeks for most posts to be indexed. We are using the Yoast plugin for SEO, which creates the sitemap.xml file.

The problem is that the sitemap.xml file is located at blog.gallerydirect.com/sitemap.xml, and Webmaster Tools will only allow the insertion of the sitemap as a directory under the gallerydirect.com account.

Right now, we have the sitemap listed in the robots.txt file, but I really don't know if Google is finding and parsing the sitemap.

As far as I can tell, I have three options, and I'd like to get thoughts on which of the three options is the best choice (that is, unless there's an option I haven't thought of):

1. Create a separate Webmaster Tools account for the blog

2. Copy the blog's sitemap.xml file from blog.gallerydirect.com/sitemap.xml to the main web server and list it as something like gallerydirect.com/blogsitemap.xml, then notify Webmaster Tools of the new sitemap on the galllerydirect.com account

3. Do an .htaccess redirect on the blog server, such as

RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml http://gallerydirect.com/blogsitemap_index.xml

Then notify Webmaster Tools of the new blog sitemap in the gallerydirect.com account.

Suggestions on what would be the best approach to be sure that Google is finding and indexing the blog ASAP?

[wissamdandan]

Verify blog.gallerydirect.com in your Google Webmaster tools and go ahead submit the sitemaps.

[sbaylor]

Thanks, Wissam.  I have done as you suggested and will watch WT closely.

[wissamdandan]

Thank you Darin