Sitemaps
The Sitemaps protocol allows a webmaster to inform search engines about URLs on a website that are available for crawling. A Sitemap is an XML file that lists the URLs for a site. It allows webmasters to include additional information about each URL: when it was last updated, how often it changes, and how important it is in relation to other URLs of the site. This allows search engines to crawl the site more efficiently and to find URLs that may be isolated from the rest of the site's content. The Sitemaps protocol is a URL inclusion protocol and complements robots.txt, a URL exclusion protocol.
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treated in The Importance of Sitemaps
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Our site is simple, designed from the outset to be easy for search engines to crawl. What gives? W...
treated in Learn about sitemaps - Search Console Help
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Sitemaps in Search Console - Google Search Console Training What is a sitemap? A sitemap is a file...
treated in XML Sitemaps: The Most Misunderstood Tool in the SEO's Toolbox
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XML sitemaps are a powerful tool for SEOs, but are often misunderstood and misused. Michael Cottam ex...