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What are Sitemaps?
Sitemaps are an easy way fcr webmasters
infcrm search engines aocut pages cn their sites tha: are available for crawling: In its simplest form;
Sitemap
an XV_ file
that lists URLs for
site alcng with adlditional metadata ahout each URL (When
was Ias- Updatec, how citen
usually changes, and how important it IS, relatie
otner
URLs in the site} 50 that Search engines can more intelligently crawl the site_
Web crawlers usualy discover pages from Iinks within the site and fron ocher sites
Sitemaps supplement this cata .0 allow crawlers that suppor Sitemaps t0 pick up al URLS
in the Sitemap and Iearn about those URLs using the asscciated metadlata. Using the Sitemap PrOtoco  coes no: guarantee that web pages are included
Search engines.
but providles nints for web cra"lers tC dO
berter job cf crawling your site .
Sitemap 0.90 is offered uncer the terns 0f the A_tribution-ShareAike_CreatiyeConnonsLicense and has widle adoprcn, including support irom Google, Yanco! and
Microsoft.
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