In the previous post we tried to understand how to include images info to XML sitemap and came to a conclusion that a third party tools are most effective in case the website has many images.

Looking for appropriate tools and trying to find programs that create nearly 5 or more types (not that much of them) of sitemaps I stopped on Sitemap Writer Pro program. There I found a very useful tool, which lets you add images to previously created Sitemap.

The usage is quite simple.

1. Download the program from the following location:

http://www.sitemapwriter.com/downloads/SitemapWriterPro_5.2.0_Setup.exe

2. Install the program and set to work.

3. Click on Open button and select your sitemap file.

4. In the opened Sitemap Type menu pick Google Images and click OK. (We see our URL list and empty information- Quantity, Image location URL, Caption, etc in front of it. This all concerns the image information.)

5. And now, the most magical moment. By clicking Ctrl+A, we select all the page of the sitemap and click on add Image button. The program automatically starts adding all the pictures of each page to a Sitemap file.

Here, we’ll see that the program is adding design elements also, which are quite unnecessary for us. For that, there are few parameters offered, with help of which you may add only images that are indeed are necessary.

This illustration is taken from a specific website, which shows the first-rate traffic from Google images.

We have already spoken of “magical” prospects of a third party tool like Sitemap Writer Pro and about its unique advantage of adding images to previously created sitemap affirmed with bright consequences. But that’s just not it…   Program also offers a way to create Google Image Sitemap, using Standard XML Sitemap.

And here’s how you do it:

1. After downloading, installing and setting the program to work, Go to Project, navigate to Open button and click on Open File from Internet.
2. Enter the Sitemap File URL:  http://example/sitemap.xml and click Open button.
3. From the Dialogue box, choose Google Images and press OK.
4. Now, a list of URL appeared. From the Menu bar click on Images, in order to add image information to the Sitemap.
5. From the opened window you can set the Google Crawlers Quantity (max. 20).

You can also set filters (Include, Exclude) to choose the URLs from which the images will be taken.
Let’s bring an example on WordPress. In case if you want to include only posts which contain images, you must set Include filter on the following: [0-9]{4}/[0-9]{2}/.*?\.html and make sure to select Use as RegEx option, Preview Filtered URLs and you are ready to Start the crawling process.

6. Done, all nice and neat. Now you can see the list of Google Image sitemap URLs.