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>SEO Tip of the Day: Why SEO Companies Create Site Maps (Sitemaps) for better SERP
Written by: David JosephsonArticle Overview: Site maps allow the search engine spiders the best chance to index your entire website content
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>SEO Tip of the Day: Why SEO Companies Create Site Maps (Sitemaps) for better SERP
Today's SEO tip has
to do with a simple file that most websites neglect to create or utilize the
sitemap.xml file. Site maps allow the search engine spiders the best chance to
index your entire website content. Site maps are actually made to be seen and
crawled by the search engine spiders instead of human visitor. By having a site
map, the search spiders can easily go through all the web pages within your
website. If you have a small site, your need to include a sitemap is not nearly
important (providing the pages are organized in the navigation menu) as
websites with lots of pages and lots of content.
In order to create a site map for spiders to
be used for SEO purposes you need:
1) XML File. This document with .xml
extension should be placed in the root directory. This file must have the links
to all pages within your website that you wish to be discovered by the search
engines. The search engine spider will look for this so that it knows where to
go as they index your site. End result will be better search engine placement,
higher search engine rankings and more traffic to your website.
2) Robots.txt. This file opens your xml site
map file to search engine spiders. Add the line for sitemap by adding
"sitemap: location of .xml" to your robots.txt.
Remember, Best SEO Practices require that the sitemap xml file be updated each and every time
website content, website information, or website structure is changed, edited
or modified. It is also good SEO practice to place the
important links on the top of the xml file so that they can be indexed first.
Why sitemaps are important in SEO?
>Make sure you have a Valid Updated Sitemap(s) for SEO and Better Web site Navigation
How to Get Indexed By Google
Why Your Website Needs a Sitemap
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