Sitemaps are an important and the most difficult file to create to meet the search engines requirements. Sitemaps are used by website owners to get their content recognized on the search engines. One of the distinctive feature of having sitemaps for website is that it can be read by human as well as the search engines.
Sitemap generators have been popping up on the web every now and then. Some sitemap generators are easy to use while others are complex. Google too has come up with Google sitemap generators. However the Google sitemap is strictly for google and other search engines will not understand it.
If you are creating a sitemap for your website make sure you do not include folders or files you don’t want the search engines to see. Similarly make sure that there is no missing file or folder that you do not want the search engine to see. It is very important to be updated with your sitemap files especially if you have deleted or added any pages in your website. Similarly you also need to be updated about any changes you made in a particular web page.
Every website needs to have three Sitemaps updated.
· Sitemap in html
· Sitemap in xml
· Sitemap in txt
Apart from creating the above three sitemaps it is to be made sure that they are regularly updated
· Never include folders you do not want the search engines to see
· Never include files you do not want the search engines to se
· Make sure that there is no missing file or folder you do not want the search engines to see.
So as you can see that there is a constant need to keep your three sitemaps updated. The sitemap generators out there will help you with these things however the problem we saw was there is still much work involved in keeping these updated.
If you are looking for an effective tool to help you with your problems, we at Sitemap Builder are here to help you with all your problems. Sitemap builder has developed a tool that meets the requirements from the search engines and generates the three sitemaps automatically. It also helps you update each page on daily basis or as needed. Sitemap builder gives you an opportunity to include or exclude files as needed. It loads to your root site directory folder and automatically installs the sitemaps.
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