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| − | <big> | + | <big>A sitemap -- also written as "site map" -- helps search engine spiders and crawlers find and index all the pages on a website more quickly than they might be able to do otherwise.</big> |
| − | Indexing is important because if a page | + | Indexing is important because if a web page hasn't been indexed by a search engine, it cannot show up for any search query in that engine. |
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* Pages that aren't showing up in search engines -- but you want them to | * Pages that aren't showing up in search engines -- but you want them to | ||
| − | * Pages linked from pages that search engines can't index because they are rendered in Flash or another technology that effectively hides information from | + | * Pages linked from pages that search engines can't index because they are rendered in Flash or another technology that effectively hides information from the engines |
==Types of Sitemaps== | ==Types of Sitemaps== | ||
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| − | + | A simple HTML sitemap is a list of links to all the pages on a website that the site owner wants to make visible to search engines. You have probably seen a link to this kind of sitemap at the bottom of the page on many websites. | |
| − | An HTML sitemap is as simple to create as any other page on your website, so it doesn't require special tools or skills. Unlike | + | An '''HTML sitemap''' is as simple to create as any other page on your website, so it doesn't require special tools or skills. Unlike other types of sitemaps, it doesn't require the additional step of submitting it to search engines. |
| − | HTML sitemaps work well for | + | HTML sitemaps work well for sites that have fewer than 100 pages. If your site has more than 100 pages, if you don't want a "sitemap" link, or if you'd like to try something more complicated, consider these '''other sitemap options''': |
*An [[Complex Sitemap|XML sitemap]] using the [http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php Sitemap Protocol] | *An [[Complex Sitemap|XML sitemap]] using the [http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php Sitemap Protocol] | ||
*A [http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php#otherformats simple text file] with one URL per line | *A [http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php#otherformats simple text file] with one URL per line | ||
Revision as of 17:17, 26 July 2010
A sitemap -- also written as "site map" -- helps search engine spiders and crawlers find and index all the pages on a website more quickly than they might be able to do otherwise.
Indexing is important because if a web page hasn't been indexed by a search engine, it cannot show up for any search query in that engine.
A sitemap is particularly helpful to websites that have:
- Pages that aren't linked from more prominent pages on the site
- Lots of pages
- Pages that aren't showing up in search engines -- but you want them to
- Pages linked from pages that search engines can't index because they are rendered in Flash or another technology that effectively hides information from the engines
Types of Sitemaps
A simple HTML sitemap is a list of links to all the pages on a website that the site owner wants to make visible to search engines. You have probably seen a link to this kind of sitemap at the bottom of the page on many websites.
An HTML sitemap is as simple to create as any other page on your website, so it doesn't require special tools or skills. Unlike other types of sitemaps, it doesn't require the additional step of submitting it to search engines.
HTML sitemaps work well for sites that have fewer than 100 pages. If your site has more than 100 pages, if you don't want a "sitemap" link, or if you'd like to try something more complicated, consider these other sitemap options:
- An XML sitemap using the Sitemap Protocol
- A simple text file with one URL per line
- An RSS or Atom feed (typically for blogs)
For more information on these sitemap options click here. Note that with these options you will need to submit or specify the sitemap in order for it to do any good.
To the right is a video of Matt Cutts (of Google) discussing why HTML and XML sitemaps are both helpful. He suggests that if you could only do one type, to do an HTML sitemap because it's helpful for search engine spiders and people.
Hogyan hozzunk létre egy HTML Sitemap
Akkor valószínűleg ugyanazt a módszert használja , hogy hozza létre a HTML sitemap úgy, mint bármely más oldalon .
Itt van egy ötlet , amit egy egyszerű oldaltérkép HTML kódot nézhet ki :
- Unlike other types of sitemaps, an HTML sitemap is a link that some people may click and look at. Make it useful for them by grouping pages together in logical categories, so that it can help some people find what they're looking for on your website.
Points of Order
- Sitemaps are purely supplementary. Web pages not listed in a sitemap can still be found and indexed other ways, such as through links. Nevertheless, a sitemap is a good tool for increasing the likelihood that pages will be indexed.
- Creating and submitting a sitemap does not guarantee that search engines will choose to index all the pages in it. A sitemap can help them find the pages, but engines will index pages only if their algorithms determine the content is valuable for searchers.
- A sitemap does not help you rank higher in search engine results. But it may help you get more pages on your site indexed and showing up faster in search results. For a new site, or one that doesn't yet have a lot of links pointing to it, that's a big benefit.
Additional Resources
- Sitemap FAQs from Google
- Wikipedia article about sitemaps
- "The Importance of HTML Sitemaps" from SearchEngineJournal.com
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