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XML Sitemap


An XML sitemap gives search engines a list of your site’s URLs, not to be confused with an HTML sitemap for users (not needed). XML sitemaps help search engines find your site’s pages more easily.

Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

  • Existing sitemap or a WordPress sitemap plugin
  • Google Search Console account

Directions:

Check to see if your site already has a sitemap by visiting yoursite.com/sitemap.xml.

Build a sitemap using the WordPress plugin WordPress SEO by Yoast wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/ or Google XML Sitemaps by Arne Brachhold wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/.

Submit your XML sitemap to Google Search Console (navigate to Crawl > Sitemaps) and Bing Webmaster Tools.

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