sitemap.xml
The `sitemap.xml` file is an essential component for search engine optimization (SEO). It helps search engines understand the structure of your website and the pages available for indexing. Here’s a brief overview of its key features:
- Purpose: To provide search engines with a roadmap of your website's content.
- Format: XML format, which is machine-readable.
- Contents: Typically includes:
- URLs of the pages on your site
- Last modified date of each page
- Change frequency (how often the page is updated)
- Priority (importance of the page relative to others)
- Benefits:
- Improves the chances of your pages being indexed.
- Helps search engines understand your site structure.
- Can lead to better visibility in search results.
To create a `sitemap.xml`, you can use various online tools or manually code it based on your website’s structure.