sitemaps org Home Protocol FAQ Language: English What are Sitemaps? Sitemaps are an easy way for webmasters inform search engines about pages on their sites that are available for crawling: In its simplest form; Sitemap an XML file that lists URLs for site along with additional metadata about each URL (when was last updated, how often usually changes, and how important itis, relative t0 other URLs in the site) 5O that search engines can more intelligently crawl the site . Web crawlers usually discover pages from links within the site and from other sites Sitemaps supplement this data allow crawlers that support Sitemaps pick up all URLs in the Sitemap and Iearn about those URLs using the associated metadata. Using the Sitemap prOtOcol does not guarantee that web pages are included in search engines but provides hints for web crawlers t0 do better job of crawling your site Sitemap 0.90 offered under the terms of the Attributon-ShareAlike_Cteative_Commons_ Licensg and has wide adoption, including support from Google; Yahool, and Microsoft Last Updated: 17 Apri 2020 Termsand condiion: