If you have ever managed a complex website, then you will know what a sitemap is and how it can benefit you in terms of SEO. Sitemaps can help Google crawlers scan your website. Search engines use sitemaps to index websites. In this article, we will provide more information on sitemaps to help answer if they are still important for SEO in 2022 and 2023.
A sitemap is a file placed on your site which provides you with information about the pages, texts, videos, URLs, and other files. Search engines like Google use sitemaps to understand your website's content and structure. It can also help website users to find specific pages easier.
If you are a large and complex website you must have a sitemap. A sitemap will provide the crawlers with a list of pages and helps crawlers to find your content as fast as possible. A sitemap will provide the crawlers with a list of pages. Your website will benefit from having a sitemap, it will never be punished for having one (unless you have duplicated content). A sitemap is vital for a large website’s SEO as it provides quicker indexation, better indexation for “deep pages”, and continually monitors index pages in case content changes.
There are some circumstances when we believe you should use sitemaps. You should use sitemaps for the following:
Although sitemaps can help crawlers scan your website, it doesn’t help boost your rankings!
Although there are more important SEO issues to fix, a well-executed website means making your website accessible. A sitemap is important as it helps keep your website organised.
Some benefits of using a sitemap for SEO:
Having a sitemap that is created considering a business goal could be the driving force to a website’s success. Sitemaps can help take your SEO strategy to the next level; however, you must fix the main issues first to get the results you are looking for.
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