What is google site map

[jaysh4922]

What is google site map? How can we create & submit to google. Can we take help of any site map creation tool?

[Angeljoe]

A sitemap is a file where you can list the web pages of your site to tell Google and other search engines about the organization of your site content.

[complete]

Google sitemap is basically the Sitemap.xml which help search engines to read the website easily.

[ShreyaKoushik]

Sitemap - In its simplest form, a sitemap is a document that lists all URLs of your website (that you want crawling). The document details additional information such as the date a page was last modified, how frequently a page may change and whether the page should be given priority over others.

[TravelOTAs]

A sitemap is a file where you can list the URL of your website to tell Google and other search engines about your site content.

[dennis123]

XML Sitemap
A Sitemap is an XML file that lists the URLs for a site. It allows webmasters to include additional information about each URL: when it was last updated, how often it changes, and how important it is in relation to other URLs in the site. This allows search engines to crawl the site more intelligently.

HTML Sitemap
A Sitemap is an HTML file that lists the URLs of site. An HTML sitemap allows site visitors to easily navigate a website.

[BrilltechEngg]

A sitemap is a file where you can list the web pages of your site to tell Google and other search engines about the organization of your site content. Search engine web crawlers like Googlebot read this file to more intelligently crawl your site.

[Sonika11Mehra]

A sitemap is a visual or textually organized model of a Web site's content that allows the users to navigate through the site to find the information they are looking for, just as a traditional geographical map helps people find places they are looking for in the real world. A site map is a kind of interactive table of contents, in which each listed item links directly to its counterpart sections of the Web site.

With the help of sitemap, a site administrator has the ability to tell/feed search engines data on the pages of a site they want to be crawled as well as the priority or hierarchy of site content alongside information on when the page was last updated.

Types of Sitemap
XML Sitemap
1. Index Sitemap
2. URL Sitemap
* Sitemaps for Webpages
* Sitemaps for Images
* Sitemaps for videos
HTML Sitemaps

There are 10 steps to building the Ultimate XML Sitemap:
1. Understand XML Sitemaps
2. Identify what types of Sitemaps you need
3. Pick Sitemap Generation Method
4. Figure out Sitemap content and structure
5. Build Sitemap
6. Check and validate Sitemap
7. Submit Sitemap
8. Check & Monitor Sitemap
9. Learn and Act
10. Rinse and Repeat Steps 8 and 9