To ensure that all your pages are correctly indexed and to inform search engines like Google, Bing, and Yandex about any changes to your website, use our free tool to create a free XML sitemap quickly and easily.

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You want to be at the top of search engine results pages (SERPs) as a webmaster.

Everyone does, of course!

But search engines like Google would frequently need to "crawl" your site regularly for it to be indexed and, after that, rank.

They do this to deliver the most recent content in the search results. Search bots may occasionally visit a website more than once during the day, mainly if you publish fresh content frequently, as news sites do.

Most of the crawl process is algorithmic, meaning that computer programs decide how frequently search bots should visit each website. These search engine spiders will index more of your content the more frequently they visit your website. Ultimately, this results in more of your pages appearing in search results, which drives more natural traffic to your website.

Describe an XML sitemap:

An Extensible Markup Language (XML) is what XML stands for. It's a standard file format that computers can read, so search engines and other programs that read a lot of data, like feed readers, can use it. 

A sitemap XML is a simple file that helps Google and other major search engines better understand your website while they crawl it.

It makes a structured list of a site's URLs (pages) that lets you (the webmaster) add more information about each URL. 

Such details include: 

• What time did the page last change?
• How often does it happen? 
• What does it have to do with other URLs on the site? 
• What role does it play in the site as a whole, etc.?

What is the importance of XML sitemaps?

Search engines can crawl your site better because XML maps list pages correctly and give extra information about those pages. 

This means that a good sitemap is like a road map for your website. It shows search engines how to get to all of your important pages.

It's essential to use an XML sitemap if: 

• The structure of your site could be better, and there are too many internal links.
• Your site is brand new and has few links to other sites. 
• Some of your site's pages are made on the fly, like on some eCommerce sites. 
• Your site is extensive and has a lot of old content that might need to be linked better. For example, consider job boards and other sites that let users post content. After a while, the pages on these sites get archived and forgotten.
• Even though your site isn't exceptional, you care that search engines spider it correctly.

Search engine optimization (SEO) can also use XML maps. 

Why? Because they make it easy for Google and other search engines to find your website's essential pages, even if your internal links could be better.
It is essential to know this because Google and other search engines only index and rank pages, not whole websites. 

So, even if the search engines have already crawled and indexed your homepage URL, you should still give them an adequately defined sitemap to help them find other pages they wouldn't have found otherwise. 

Each page of your site should be considered a room. Google may know about the house from the "outside view," but not every room. 

Now, picture a Sitemap as a house plan or a map of all the rooms inside. This blueprint helps Google quickly and easily find all the rooms in your house. 

Not only can Sitemaps help people quickly find your pages, but they can also help you prove that you are the original author of a piece of content that was copied and posted elsewhere. 

How? Because Google can find it first on your site thanks to an XML map. This is because the XML file helps Google scrape your site more quickly. The problem with duplicate content has been fixed! 

Because of these pros, you want to immediately make an XML for your site. This is why we created the Sitemap Generator.