Vhat are Sitemaps?
temaps are an easy way for webmasters t0 inform search engines about pages 0n their sites that are available for crawling: In its simp est form, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs for
site along with addltiona
RL (when
was last updated. how often It usually changes;
and how important it is , relative [0 other URLs in the site) 50 thal search engines can more intelligently crawl the site.
eb crawlers usually discover pages Irom Iinks within the site and from other sites. Sitemaps supplement this data t0 allow crawlers that support Sitemaps t0 pick Up all URLs in the Sitemap and Iearn about those URI
sociated metadata. Using the Sitemap PrOtocol does not guarantee that web pages are included in search engines,
but provides hints ior web crawlers [0 do
better job of crawling your site_
temap 0.90 is offered under the terms of the Attribution-ShareAIke_Creative_Commons_License and has wide adoption, including support from Google; Yahool , and Microsoft