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Sitemaps
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A sitemap is a list of pages on a website within a domain, providing a hierarchical view of the site’s structure. It serves as a roadmap for both users and search engines, helping them navigate and understand the website’s.

By providing search engines with a comprehensive understanding of the website’s structure, sitemaps enhance search engine crawling and indexing, ultimately benefiting search engine optimization (SEO).

We automatically provide you with an XML sitemap that is found at yourdmain-name/sitemap.xml

Adding your sitemap to Google Search Console

We STRONGLY suggest you add your sitemap to Google Search Console to allow

To submit a sitemap to Google Search Console, follow these steps:

  1. Verify your website ownership: Before submitting your sitemap, you need to verify your ownership of the website. You can do this by adding a meta tag to your website’s homepage, uploading an HTML file to your website’s root directory, or using DNS verification.

  2. Access Google Search Console: Go to https://search.google.com/search-console and select your website.

  3. Click on ‘Sitemaps’: On the sidebar, click on ‘Sitemaps’.

  4. Add a new sitemap: Click on ‘Add a new sitemap’ and enter the URL of your sitemap file (e.g., https://example.com/sitemap.xml). Note that you only need to submit the end of the URL, not the domain portion. Ensure the sitemap file is saved on the domain that matches your Search Console property.

  5. Submit the sitemap: Click ‘Submit’ to add the sitemap to Google Search Console. Google will verify that the sitemap can be found and read.

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