Sitemap

Introduction

The sitemap helps search engines find and index all the pages of a website.

XML Sitemap Structure

The following is the basic structure of an XML sitemap:

<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1">
    <url>
        <loc>http://example.com/</loc>
        <lastmod>2021-01-01</lastmod>
        <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
        <priority>1.0</priority>
    </url>
</urlset>

Important Tags

• : Each page URL that you want to include in the index.
• : The location of the URL.
• : The last modified date.
• : How often the page is likely to change.
• : The priority of this URL relative to other URLs on your site.

Best Practices

• Keep the sitemap up to date.
• Submit your sitemap to search engines.
• Ensure all links are valid.