How important is a sitemap for the indexing of my site?

[dennis123]

Hi Guys,

How important is a sitemap for the indexing of my site?

[MVMInfotech]

A sitemap is a list of all the pages (URLs) on a website. This file is used by search engines as an overview of all available content as well as a way to (better) understand the structure of the website.

[Neo_5678]

XML Sitemaps are important for SEO because they make it easier for Google to find your site's pages—this is important because Google ranks web PAGES not just websites. There is no downside of having an XML Sitemap and having one can improve your SEO, so we highly recommend them.

[SKS]

An XML sitemap is used for better indexing of web pages. It is a list of URLs a website has. Crawlers go through the sitemap.xml file and put those URLs in SE database for indexing.

[wiztechkanaga]

Today it is a useless additional link.
Today, every page has to have useful content.

People don't naturally visit HTML sitemaps. It has no real useful contents, except if it is your blog page.

Considering that every link leaks link juice, it is a waste of link juice.

In google search results, no one will ever click on:
youdomain.com/sitemap.html


It is better to create a structure from the most important pages to the less important pages.

[dombowkett]

Sitemap & robots both are most important files for search engine indexing of a website.

[Prateektechnoso]

sitemap.xml is a collection of Website URL's which helps search engine to crawl and index it.


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[Amit Acharya]

What is an XML Sitemap and why is having one important for SEO? Good question! Think of your website as a house and each page of your site as a room. ... XML Sitemaps are important for SEO because they make it easier for Google to find your site's pages—this is important because Google ranks web PAGES not just websites.