What is sitemap

[danielnash]

urllist.txt is using for yahoo indexing, which is a sitemap for yahoo.

[seoconsult01]

A site map (or sitemap) is a list of pages of a web site accessible to crawlers or users. It can be either a dоcument in any form used as a planning tool for Web design, or a Web page that lists the pages on a Web site, typically organized in hierarchical fashion

[Roy Milson]

Site map is a way to tell Google about all the pages of your website. There are two type of site map.
one is HTML which is used by users and another is XML which is used by Google bot.

[sameerbehal]

A site map (or sitemap) is a list of pages of a web site accessible to crawlers or users. It can be either a dоcument in any form used as a planning tool for Web design, or a Web page that lists the pages on a Web site, typically organized in hierarchical fashion.

[Roy Milson]

Sitemap is a way to tell search engine robot about all pages of the website. There are two type of sitemap. XML and HTML. HTML is used for users and XML for search engine robot.

[davidfleming]

A sitemap informs search engines that individual pages on your site are new or updated and are available for crawling. The sitemap protocol consists of an XML file that consists of your website URLs.

[sameerbehal]

Sitemaps are an easy way for webmasters to inform search engines about pages on their sites that are available for crawling. In its simplest form, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs for a site along with additional metadata about each URL (when it was last updated, how often it usually changes, and how important it is, relative to other URLs in the site) so that search engines can more intelligently crawl the site.

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[petersonangela]

The sitemap is a paramount and important segment in every site. In short, the sitemap is a record page of your site, which offers connections to all pages of your site. These connections are classified and composed in various leveled structure, which makes discovering them simple. In the event that the guest of your site can't discover the required page, he or she ought to allude to the sitemap.

[renart145]

It's a file or page mapping out every URL, basically saving crawlers from wandering through your sloppy code like lost puppies. If you're not rocking an XML sitemap, you're straight-up sabotaging your SEO game, letting Google skip over your pages like they're trash.
HTML sitemaps? Barely better, but still a UX fail if missing. I've seen devs ignore this and wonder why their site's a dead zone in search results.

[wildwebdigital]

A sitemap is a file or page that lists all the important pages of a website to help search engines like Google understand the structure and content of your site.

There are two main types of sitemaps:

XML Sitemap (for search engines):

This is a file (usually sitemap.xml) that contains a list of your website's URLs.

It helps search engines crawl and index your website more effectively.

It can include details like when a page was last updated and how important it is compared to other pages.

HTML Sitemap (for users):

This is a web page that shows links to all or most pages of a site.

It helps users find information more easily, especially on large websites.

Why is a sitemap important?
Improves SEO: Helps search engines find and index all your pages.

Better crawling: Ensures even the deep or hidden pages are found by search engines.

Site organization: Makes your website easier to navigate for both users and bots.

Most website builders and CMS platforms (like WordPress, Wix, etc.) automatically generate a sitemap for you. For example: www.yourwebsite.com/sitemap.xml.

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