XML sitemaps just turned 18 in June, and in honor of its full-fledged introduction into adulthood, I’m breaking down how XML sitemaps work, how to build one, and why XML sitemaps offer a boatload of ...

There are two types of sitemaps: HTML and XML. HTML sitemaps guide visitors, mostly. XML sitemaps guide search engine bots, to ensure they find a site’s URLs to index. Understanding the strengths and ...

XML sitemaps serve a very niche purpose in search engine optimization: facilitating indexation. Posting an XML sitemap is kind of like rolling out the red carpet for search engines and giving them a ...

Learn how to use Python to reorganize your XML sitemaps and help you isolate indexing problems on your website's most important pages. One of the main benefits of combining programming and SEO skills ...

For publishers, this matters a lot. You may publish evergreen guides, update old articles, build topic clusters, add new categories, or remove outdated pages. Search engines can often find many of ...

Create a list of all the URLs on your website that you want search engines to crawl and index. Use a sitemap generator tool to create your sitemap in XML format. There are many free online tools ...

The Google Webmaster Central Blog has posted tips to help webmasters navigate the differences between XML sitemaps and RSS/Atom feeds, as well as when to use either – or both. It is important for ...

Gary Illyes from Google confirmed that XML Sitemaps are still the second most important source Google uses to crawl and discover URLs. He confirmed this on Twitter the other day after someone quoted ...