XML Sitemaps

In the last post we learnt how a “SITEMAP” can be effective in making a site better. So why another sitemap called XML Site Map? Ok, let’s first define the concept.
WHAT IS IT??
An XML sitemap is the sitemap created in XML with some fixed attributes and pattern. You may change certain fields like frequency, priority, last modified etc. but the chief frames remain pity much the same. Know more; click XML Sitemaps.
HOW IT HELPS??
It helps the spiders/bots understand the site in a better way; about the basic structure, their interlinking, main pages of the site and their importance. Also, it offers the simplest platform/interface to let a spider know of the main pages that a site has that you want to get indexed. This is where it gets extremely useful.
HOW TO DO IT??
A XML sitemap can be either hard coded in XML (given we have all the URL’s of the website) or we can generate it from the umpteen free generators available on the net (Click here for: Quick Access). Sites like XML-Site Maps, Sitemaps Pal, and Neurotic Web are a few examples that offer such services in a helpful way.

As always… just a straightforward thing and simple concept, but another step on the march… Walk Ahead!!