XML Sitemap
An XML sitemap is a structured file listing a website's important pages, making sure search engines can find and crawl them. It acts like a roadmap of your website, indicating the structure and the most important content to search engine crawlers. This is especially useful for large websites with numerous pages, as it ensures that search engines do not miss indexing new or updated pages. An XML sitemap can also provide metadata about each page, such as when it was last updated, how often it changes, and its importance relative to other pages, aiding in more effective indexing.