{"id":3570,"date":"2019-07-26T07:41:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T07:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/?p=3570"},"modified":"2022-09-05T19:24:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T17:24:03","slug":"how-will-sitemap-for-website-help-seo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/seo-blog\/how-will-sitemap-for-website-help-seo\/","title":{"rendered":"How will a sitemap for my website help with SEO?"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_3-1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image align_center\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSM_Infographic_SEO29-e1564126781433.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Seo Audit Workflow\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSM_Infographic_SEO29-e1564126781433.jpg 680w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSM_Infographic_SEO29-e1564126781433-600x423.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSM_Infographic_SEO29-e1564126781433-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSM_Infographic_SEO29-e1564126781433-284x200.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>A sitemap is a simple index which holds information together with other details of the pages on a <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/how-do-i-get-people-to-read-the-content-on-my-website\/\">website<\/a>. In addition, the sitemap contains the content of the web pages.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Sitemaps SEO benefits<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Types of sitemaps<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In website design, there are two primary types of sitemaps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>XML, and<\/li>\n<li>HTML<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>XML sitemaps have a particular structure. The end-user does not ever see these. These types of sitemaps are only used as a method of informing a search-engine of the following:<\/p>\n<p>The content on a web page,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How often the content of the website pages is updated, and<\/li>\n<li>The general importance of the pages in how they relate to each other.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An HTML sitemap is put together in such a way to be used by Internet users. They will use these maps to help them find the <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/what-is-ebook-why-should-part-of-content-marketing\/\">content<\/a> that they are searching for. The sitemaps do not include all pages of a website. When a sitemap is instituted, it is vital to know that some formats cannot be submitted to Google&#8217;s Webmaster tools. Only a handful of supported formats can be submitted.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How a sitemap is used for SEO<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For users of the Internet, a sitemap has the function of improving how a site can be navigated. At the same time, such a map makes the website more user-friendly \u2013 and helps with bumping up your <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalschoolofmarketing.co.za\/blog\/what-are-black-hat-seo-techniques\/\">SEO<\/a> scores. With a sitemap, the theme of the website becomes more evident. This is because the website users will be able to see the sections of the site in addition to the links in one place. The map can be thought of as a skeleton that needs to be built on.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-video align_none ratio_16x9 has_iframe\"><div class=\"w-video-h\"><iframe title=\"Vimeo video player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/286507896?autoplay=0&loop=0&autopause=0&color=00adef&portrait=0&byline=1&title=1&controls=1&muted=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"w-video-icon\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);color:#fff\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2><strong>A sitemap is a vital component of any website<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Even though creating a map for your website, from scratch,\u00a0 will take some time, this process can be considered an investment in your SEO. Aside from it being very important &#8211; for your digital marketing &#8211; to have a website, take the time to optimise it in the best possible way that you can.<\/p>\n<p>If the search engine spiders cannot crawl your site, it will not get indexed. This means that your website&#8217;s content will not get ranked in search engines results pages (SERPs). If this does not happen, it will probably not be visited by searchers.<\/p>\n<p>Search engines will crawl a sitemap to select and pinpoint all information that is relevant to a particular search query that a user has inputted into the query bar. Within the directory, the pages are listed in a logical hierarchical order. 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