Sitemaps?

[Beebop]

What is the benefit of having a sitemap? I'm sorry. I'm a complete newbie.

 

[Randall]

Well it helps to get your site indexed better in the search engines.

If you have many inner pages etc then submitting a sitemap will work nicely.

EX: Forums and Blogs and all can have benefits from submitting sitemap to the search engine.

Thanks.

 

[vedsingh20]

The importance of site map.
with the help of site map a normal user easily visit your site and simply know where this page is exist and also search engine crawler.

 

[Gawad]

Sitemaps help search engines know about any updates that you make on your site. It is not guaranteed that the search engine bot will immediately index the updated pages, but, the changes will surely be indexed much faster compared to when there isn’t any sitemap.

 

[MaryEd]

for visitors, a sitemap makes your website easier to browse, explore and navigate. for search engines, it is a better way to know the latest updates of your website, and it helps indexing the new updated pages faster. I just want to add that using .xml is far more better than .html sitemaps.

 

[cigarboy]

benefits are both for visitors, because it is an easy way to find out what interested in, without navigating through the entire site. but there are benefits for Google because it helps in indexing pages

 

[louisshelton]

with the help of site map your site is indexed fast search engine crawl all pages of your site with the help of site map.

 

[bond124]

A sitemap file helps the search bots find pages that have been ignored or may not normally get crawled.

The HTML sitemap is for your website  visitors.  It is designed to save you some work while it helps visitors find other sections of your website.

The sitemap.xml file is used by the bots from Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live Search and Ask.com.

 

[semiferger]

The site map is useful for you when the site visitors and the search engine crawlers access your website and site map in different ways. Site maps have a two-folded purpose. It gives easy access for the web crawlers. It also makes it easy for your visitors to access all the different pages on your website.
1. You can use a SiteMap as a planing tool for web design.
2. No page will be left unvisited.
3. Visitors will have an easier time to navigate your site.
4. A SiteMap may encourage more traffic.
5. There is potential advertising value when using a SiteMap.

 

[larasharma]

If your site i having a sitemap, it becomes easy for crawler to visit and index all the pages in your site..!! A sitemap has a benefit for the search engines as well. sitemap will let the Google robot see how pages, such as those in the fourth and fifth level, fit into your site. If you link to your sitemap page from your homepage, all of the pages listed in your sitemap will be no farther from your home page than the third level. This will encourage Google to index your entire site.

 

[simiarajose9]

Site map simply shows the basic details and flow of the site.If the site has any kind of marketing purpose then it is important to generate site mat,that is because of sitemap is one of the most important factor for ranking.

 

[zenkarman]

All sites have Sitemaps.Site map simply shows the basic details and flow of the site.If you want increase traffic of your website then it is important to generate Sitemap.Generally Sitemap is shortcut of your whole site and Sitemaps are in homepage of your site.

 

[fancysmith]

Sitemaps are nothing but a  graphical representation of the makeup of a website. There are only two kinds of Sitemaps, HTML and XML. HTML pages are basically surfing is also a link to another page. XML pages using Google to gather information on the bottom

 

[kevinfutures]

A sitemap is simply a list of your pages in a single page layout.Sitemap simply shows the basic details and flow of the site.In my own experiences, sitemap is really helpful for deeper indexing purpose for your sites.It also helps in indexing purpose on Bing.com.

 

[haydensteven1]

A Sitemap is a collection of hyperlinks that describes the structure of a website. These links allow visitors to navigate quickly to a section of a site listed in the Sitemap.

 

[we2kcom]

If your site i having a sitemap, it becomes easy for crawler to visit and index all the pages in your site..!! A sitemap has a benefit for the search engines as well. sitemap will let the Google robot see how pages, such as those in the fourth and fifth level, fit into your site. If you link to your sitemap page from your homepage, all of the pages listed in your sitemap will be no farther from your home page than the third level. This will encourage Google to index your entire site.

It's like an 'Index' in a book.  If there's no index, a reader has to page through the whole thing looking for a specific item and probably will give up and move on to a site (or book) that has an index (or sitemap).  Contact me if you have any other questions: we2kcom@yahoo.com

 

[aileenroger1]

Sitemaps is a web page which has the list of web pages of a web site. With the help of maps all pages of the site is accessible to search bots. It also helps visitors to access links to all pages on a website. Essentially, it allows easy navigation of site visitors.

 

[beverlyann]

Without a map for you to rely more on external links to a site that helps search engine to find and index your site. So take sitemap makes it rely on independent external backlinks.

 

[albasnians]

The webmaster can generate a map containing all accessible URLs on the site and submitting to search engines. This document describes the XML schema for the protocol.A Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs for a site.

 

[nicholasscott091]

Sitemaps aid hunt engines see around any updates that you pretend on your parcel. It is not guaranteed that the operation engine bot present straightaway indicator the updated pages, but, the changes instrument surely be indexed overmuch faster compared to when there isn't any sitemap.