Why an XML sitemap important?

[warrantyau]

Why an XML sitemap important?

[Dreamworth]

The HTML sitemap, on the other had, can be very useful no matter what. First of all because it is valuable for human visitors, as it allows them to find any page within your site quickly. Second, and most important, HTML sitemaps represent a very efficient way to distribute your link juice among the pages of your site.

[Neo_5678]

XML Sitemaps are important for SEO because they make it easier for Google to find your site's pages!

[GeethaN]

Hi,

In default the Google gets to crawl all your links in your website, especially even the server links. Maybe you try and learn, if you just update your site to Google webmaster without sitemap.xml, even your sites server path will be shown as a link in SERP. Especially Apache root address which can make your site vulnerable to hackers.

So understand sitemap.xml is like, guiding your Google Crawler to crawl only certain links. You can generate sitemap for free. Search for Generate free site map, a site map will be generated. Then open the site map, in that adjust values, for which links the crawler should give importance. Like the index page and blog page, the value will be from 0.10 to 1.00 given under each link generated in sitemap.xml. Check that if sitemap.xml contains every links inside your site, if not add it. Once you're done with the site map, upload it to the your server database and then upload it to Google webmaster. That's it. Ta-da

[jayam]

A sitemap is vital for good SEO practices, and SEO is vital in bringing in traffic and revenue to the website. On the flip side, sitemaps are essential to having search engines crawl and index the website so that the content within it can be ranked within the search results.

[Sophie_Leonard]

A XML sitemap acts as a roadmap of your website. It helps Search Engine to crawl all your important webpages.
XML sitemaps can be good for SEO, as they allow Search Engine to quickly find your essential website pages, even if your internal linking is not perfect.
An XML sitemap lists a website’s important pages, making sure the Search Engine can find and crawl them all, also helping it to understand your website structure.

[neelseowork]

XML sitemaps can be good for SEO, as they allow Google to quickly find your essential website pages, even if your internal linking isn’t perfect.

[efusionworld]

XML sitemap is a list of your website’s URLs. It acts as a roadmap for search engines to assist crawlers in faster indexation is especially important for sites pages crawled, indexed or ranked, submitting one certainly increases your chances.