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I submitted a Sitemap in my Webmaster Tools.

Is there a way to Ping Google and let them know there's a Sitemap to look at?

(Like they haven't got anything else to do.)

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"I submitted a Sitemap in my Webmaster Tools." - it appears as though you answered your own question here. – danlefree♦ Sep 10 '11 at 22:01
What Dan said. Voting to close unless this is better explained. – Su' Sep 10 '11 at 22:09
You've already submitted the sitemap, so why you feel there is a need to ping it ? – Mahesh Sep 12 '11 at 18:55

closed as not a real question by Su', danlefree♦ Sep 13 '11 at 0:54

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The mere act of submission in Google Webmaster tools has alerted Google to come download it. You will see in the line a date/time stamp when Google gets around to reading it.

Since your question is kind of oblique, if you have made changes since submitting the sitemap and want Google to immediately re-read the corrected one instead of waiting for their next pass at retrieving it, you will have to check the box and resubmit the new one. Google has probably already spooled the previous, incorrect one for scanning your site, so expect a few sitemap link errors to show under the appropriate heading until it expires out.

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