If you have a website, you should be use an XML Sitemap to help improve your Search
Engine visibility. What is an XML Sitemap? It is a simple and effective way for
you to give the Robots a list of all the
pages you want them to crawl and index.
XML sitemap saves the time of search engine spider to track
all the pages of a website. It does not affect the site ranking but it allows
crawler to track all the pages frequently which is helpful to rank well.
Previously, XML sitemap was important for Google only but now Yahoo! and MSN
are also giving importance to it.
Use Of XML Sitemap
Using sitemaps has many benefits, not only easier navigation
and better visibility by Search Engines. Sitemaps provide the opportunity to
inform Search Engines spider instantly about any changes on your website. Of
course, you cannot expect that Search Engines spider will rush right away to
index your changed pages but certainly the changes will be indexed faster,
compared to when you don't have a sitemap.
How do I submit a
Sitemap to Google?
XML site maps can easily be submitted to Google through
Webmaster Tools, under the Site configuration panel. Once the XML file has been
uploaded you are done, fingers crossed you will see some benefit.
From an SEO point of view we know getting links from
external sites is key but for on page optimisation lists of internal links to
pages is also a helpful tool. Any ranking benefits seen when using sitemaps are
easily a side effect.
Links to
Sitemap generating websites :
XML Sitemaps – http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/
