What is a sitemap?

It’s a blueprint of your website that helps search engines understand how your site is structured, and how to find all the pages on it.

Why do I need one on my website?

A well-organized sitemap can improve the search engine optimization (SEO) of your website by making it easier for Google and other search engines to crawl and index your pages.

Indexing a website is exactly what it sounds like. The search engine creates an index of your site for quick reference, just like an index of a book, that makes it easier to find things on your website without having to look through every single word on every single page.

What happens if I don’t have a sitemap on my website?

If you don’t have a sitemap on your website, it can negatively impact your SEO. Search engines can’t index your website properly, and it’s harder for potential customers to find your site easily.

Once you have submitted your sitemap to the search engines, they continue to crawl and index your site.

How can I create a sitemap for my website?

There are a few ways that you can create a sitemap for your website. One way is to use a plugin like Yoast SEO. Yoast SEO will automatically generate the sitemaps you need for your website.

You could also use a tool like Screaming Frog, which will crawl your website and create sitemaps for you based on the pages that it finds.

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