What is a sitemap? A sitemap is a file where you provide information about
the pages, videos, and other files on your site, and the relationships between
them. Search engines like Google read this file to more intelligently crawl
your site. So why is having a
sitemap so important to your well-built site?
1) Navigation
purposes
A sitemap literally
acts as a map of your site. If your visitors browses your site and get lost
between the thousands of pages on your site, they can always refer to your
sitemap to see where they are, and navigate through your pages with the utmost
ease. Simply: It makes it easier for your site visitors to
have a more enjoyable visit to your site!
2) Conveying
your site's theme
When your visitors
load up your sitemap, they will get the gist of your site within a very short
amount of time. There is no need to get the "big picture" of your
site by reading through each page, and by doing that you will be saving your
visitors' time. Simply: It gives your visitors a “snapshot” of what
your site is about!
3) Site
optimization purposes
When you create a
sitemap, you are actually creating a single page which contains links to every
single page on your site. Imagine what happens when search engine robots hit
this page -- they will follow the links on the sitemap and naturally every
single page of your site gets indexed by search engines! It is also for this purpose
that a link to the sitemap has to be placed prominently on the front page of
your website. Simply: You want your ENTIRE site to get noticed by search
engines. Why not give them a head start
in making this happen?
4) Organization
and relevance
A sitemap enables you
to have a complete bird's eye view of your site structure, and whenever you
need to add new content or new sections, you will be able to take the existing
hierarchy into consideration just by glancing at the sitemap. As a result, you
will have a perfectly organized site with everything sorted according to their
relevance. Simply: It makes updating your site with new
information a lot easier!
From the above
reasons, it is most important to implement a sitemap for website projects with
a considerable size. Through this way, you will be able to keep your website
easily accessible and neatly organized for everyone. You will have more people visiting your site
because you will get better recognition from search engines and people will be
able to find you quicker!
QUOTE TO CONSIDER
THOUGHTFUL GEM
"You don't know where you're going
if you don't know where you've been.
And you never can get started on the journey
if you don't know where you are!"
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