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.
