Having a sitemap can speed up the process of getting your pages discovered by Google

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So you might be wondering: Do I need a sitemap if I have a small site with strong internal links? The answer is: you don't need one. But you should have one anyway. Here's why: The effort required to create a sitemap is minimal. Having an online sitemap can only be beneficial for your site (and will never harm it).

As Google’s Gary Illyes confirmed, XML sitemaps are the second most important source for Google to discover new URLs. Why neglect it? And of course, having an XML sitemap is an absolute must if you have a large antarctica email list website (thousands of pages) and/or if your site is new and doesn’t have many links. Types of XML Sitemaps There are various types of XML sitemaps.


Google supports sitemaps for several types of content. Specifically: Video. Images. Google News. You can integrate these special types of media into a regular sitemap or create dedicated sitemaps. While most websites only need a single simple sitemap, there are cases where you may need multiple sitemaps or sitemaps for different file types.