Uses of XML Sitemap?

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    Hi All,

    Can anybody explain about uses of XML Sitemap?

    Regards,
    Agnel
     
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    an XML sitemap is used to notify search engine crawlers about all the pages in your website. It is written in a format that they understand so that they can see where all your pages are. See this for more information: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html

    Once you have created your XML sitemap you can add the location of where it is situated on your site on Google's Webmaster tools. You can use the same location on the Yahoo site explorer although it is named "feed" for Yahoo. On the Google Webmasters tool and Yahoo site explorer is a section where you can see how many pages are indexed from your XML sitemap.

    Hope this info helps
     
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    It helps sites to index all pages faster without crawling from one to another
     
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    I heard it's also used to transfer data, eg importing wordpress or something like that.
     
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    I think you may be confusing an XML Sitemap with FTP?
     
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    Perhaps thinking of an xml feed...
    same principle, different uses.
     
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    Can help Google includes your website! Let your web site for more traffic!
     
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    XML sitemap are used by search engine spiders to get details about your web pages.
     
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