Does a sitemap have any importance in terms of the PR?

[juanharris1]

For my site, I am in the process of attaining high PR. Since they help extensively in search engine optimization, I was advised by my friends to go for site maps. The PR will not be improved directly is what was told to me while including the sitemap in the site. To get the web pages of the sites crawled, you will have to direct the spider accordingly is what is indicated in the SEO process. To ensure that the web pages are crawled over with easily and instantly, a point of reference with links is given to the robots. Do you agree?

 

[mathewines]

Yes, Sitemaps are most vital when it comes to PR. It is important that sitemap is constantly updated when additional content/ page is being added to the site.

 

[lillianabe]

Yes, using sitemap helps your web pages directly crawled by search engine. When your webpage crawled means the content you have added will be visible in search engine and way it helps you getting your content which you have created with purpose of higher ranking would be found quickly with use of sitemap.

 

[philbertabrwn]

Definitely sitemap have the positive effect on the ranking of the site. If you have develop your sitemap according to google guidelines then it will be noticed. And if any of your site page get higher value at the time of ranking calculation then it definitely affect other pages weightage for the rank positively and this way it be affect on your overall sitemap.

 

[jackm]

Basically Sitemap is a list of pages of a web site accessible to crawlers or users. It can be either a document in any form used as a planning tool for web design, or a web page that lists the pages on a web site, typically organized in hierarchical fashion.