What is XML sitemap example?

An XML sitemap is a file that lists a website’s important pages, making sure Google can find and crawl them all. It also helps search engines understand your website structure. You want Google to crawl every essential page of your website.

How do I create an XML sitemap?

How to Create an XML sitemap

  1. Step 1: Gather all of your site’s URLs.
  2. Step 2: Code the URLs.
  3. Sign into Google Search Console and click “Sitemaps” in the left sidebar.
  4. Add the URL of your sitemap at the top of the page where it says “Add a new sitemap”
  5. Click submit and Google will crawl your newly created XML sitemap.

What should be in an XML sitemap?

Only Include SEO Relevant Pages in XML Sitemaps

  1. Non-canonical pages.
  2. Duplicate pages.
  3. Paginated pages.
  4. Parameter or session ID based URLs.
  5. Site search result pages.
  6. Reply to comment URLs.
  7. Share via email URLs.
  8. URLs created by filtering that are unnecessary for SEO.

How do I find the sitemap of XML?

How to check your XML Sitemap for errors with Screaming Frog

  1. Open Screamingfrog and select “List Mode”
  2. Grab the URL of your sitemap.xml file.
  3. Head to Upload > Download Sitemap.
  4. Frog will confirm the URLs found in the sitemap file.
  5. Click Start to start crawling.

What is the best sitemap format?

Sitemap files must be UTF-8 encoded, and URLs escaped appropriately. Break up large sitemaps into smaller sitemaps: a sitemap can contain up to 50,000 URLs and must not exceed 50MB uncompressed.

How do I map XML in Excel?

Map XML elements

  1. Right-click the selected elements, and click Map element.
  2. In the Map XML elements dialog box, select a cell and click OK. Tip: You can also drag the selected elements to the worksheet location where you want them to appear.