What is site map ???

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Hussy, Jun 17, 2010.

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    Hi,



    friend's,


    Anyone tell me something about Site map....I have no knowledge of Sitemap ?




    Thanks,
    Dear :D:cool:
     
    Hussy, Jun 17, 2010 IP
  2. Yasil

    Yasil Active Member

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    In one line :
    Site map is index of your website.
     
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  3. Nconn

    Nconn Active Member

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    A site map lists all the pages of your site, and makes it easier for search engines to index your site and spot new pages.

    I highly recommend using one, espcially on larger sites :)

    Read more about site maps here ; Wikipedia - Site Map
     
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  4. Jeff Collision

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    A hierarchical visual model of the pages of a Web site. Site maps help users navigate through a Web site that has more than one page by showing the user a diagram of the entire site's contents.
     
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    It is a map of a website to help is accessibility
     
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    Unless you mean an XML Sitemap, which is an XML file that tells search engines about the pages on your site: http://www.sitemaps.org/
     
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    Kiranraj Well-Known Member

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    Sitemap helps to give idea about your sites navigation. There are 2 types of sitemaps:

    1. HTML sitemap: It helps to user or visitors

    2. XML Sitemap: It helps crawler to crawl the website with the the updated pages...
     
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    sitemap is a list of url of url of your website. google will crawl easily if you submitted the sitemap in google webmaster.
    for sitemap creation use www.xml-sitemaps.com
     
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    There are two different forms of sitemap:

    XML
    This sitemap sits in (usually) a sitemap.xml file and can store up to 50,000 URLs from your website, this can then be submitted to each of the search engines and they will use this for reference when crawling your website. You can read more on the protocol at www.sitemaps.org

    HTML
    A HTML sitemap is advised for any website, it is a list of your content in a HTML format which allows your users to easily find the content within your website, on top of this though it also allows you to use targeted anchor text within the links in the sitemap so it also comes with a SEO advantage also.
     
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    Hi,

    XML sitemap is for search engines to tell where to look. and html site map is for human where to look.

    I use xml.sitemaps tool to generate xml site map.
     
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    Sitemap is simply like the table of content in your book. Helping you to find the content of the book when you are lost or don't know what page the content you are looking for. Sitemap will help spiders and viewers to navigate more easier on the site. Having a sitemap in your site is a big advantage.
     
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    A page which contains an organized listing of links to all pages within the website.HTML versions are typically part of a site's navigation structure for human use. XML sitemaps are used to communicate a site's structure directly to crawlers.
     
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    A sitemap is an XML page containing an ordered list of all the pages on your site. You can easily create sitemap for your site using sitemap generator. Generally this will help the crawlers to crawls your site easily for indexing.
     
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    index of your website...
     
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    Hierarchical list of web pages that belong to a site. HTML versions are typically part of a site's navigation structure for human use. XML sitemaps are used to communicate a site's structure directly to crawlers.
     
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    Sitemap is is a list of pages of a your site. Its inform search engines about pages on your sites that are available for crawling.
     
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    Sitemap is of two types

    sitemap.xml
    sitemap.html

    First one is used to make search engine aware of all the pages of your site to help index those pages easily.

    Second one is a user sitemap which are available in most of the websites to help a user to check all the pages of your site at one look.
     
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    Sitemap is a list of web site pages that can be accessible by the crawlers or users
     
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    sitemap.xml is usable only for search engine and not by any user .
    sitemap.html is purely for users who stumbles across the site where to go
     
    zslwork, Dec 7, 2010 IP