XML Sitemaps are a critical tool for any site owner that wants to rank. These files help search engines to better understand what pages you want to be indexed and which ones you don’t. There are two types of sitemaps, HTML sitemaps, and XML sitemaps. An HTML sitemap is a page or structured group of pages that link to every user accessible page on a website. The intent is to improve the site’s usability by clarifying the data structure of a website. An XML sitemap is a file that is not visible to the user but is designed to help search engines find all the pages on your website.
In this video, we will be talking about XML sitemaps specifically.
Video Transcript:
In the latest episode of Hack My Growth, we’re taking a look at XML sitemaps. So let’s take a look at XML sitemaps. We’re going to cover what they are, why they matter, how do we create one, and how do we add one into search console?
The Importance of Site Structure
So before we get into sitemaps themselves, let’s talk quickly about the importance of site structure. So both your users and your crawlers need to be able to find your high value pages easily. They want to find it quickly, and if they can’t, well, they’re not going to stay and just hang out and keep trying.
So having a clear, simple, and easy to follow site structure is not just going to improve your rankings, but it is also going to help improve your conversions from a user side. So we’re doing this process not just for the search engines, but for our...
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