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After slugging down 2 espressos, Frank sits down, ready to chisel away at his new website.

He opens Squarespace, flicks to his spreadsheets, and is ready for action.

Quickly he hits a snag–

‘How am I going to organize my pages?’

Then more questions start flooding in.

”What about SEO? How can I simplify my website pages, so they’re easily crawlable?”

And just like that, he becomes paralyzed with concern.

You see, Frank may have set out with a beautiful spreadsheet of plans, but he was missing a core ingredient:

Sitemaps.

But, what are sitemaps? And, why are sitemaps so important?

Like in the good ole days when we used physical maps to navigate us to a certain place, sitemaps are no different for both yourself and to help Google make sense of everything on your website.

In fact, they are critical when setting out to create a website and when updating it.

Without a sitemap, finding your website can be like finding a needle in a haystack for Google and other search engines.

So, let’s peel back the layers of a sitemap and discuss some different types of action so you can understand how to organize and use yours.

Different Types Of Sitemaps

Most humans are visual by nature, so a visual sitemap might be your cup of tea if that sounds like you.

An HTML sitemap is a clickable...



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