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2 an easy way for webmasters t0 inforin search engines about pages 0n their sites that are avallable for cralling: In Its slmplest for,
Sitemap is an XML file that Iists URLs for & site along wilth addltional metadata about each
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how often it usually changes
and how imponant itis_
relative t0 other URLs in tne site) so that search engines can more intelligently crawl the site
usually discover pages from links within the site and from other sites . Sitemaps supplement this data t0 allow crawiers tat support Sitemaps t0 pick up all URLs in te Sitemap and learn about those URLs using the
retadata. Using the Sitemap protocol does not guarantee that web pages are Included in search engines;
Dut
provldes hints for web crawlers to do
better job of crawling your site
0 Is offered under the terms 0f tne
Attribution-ShareAlike_Creative_Commons_License and has wide adoption; including support trom Google; Yahool,
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