Lesson Sitemaps

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You're probably already familiar with the concept of a sitemap. It's that page that you run to in desperation when you can't find a particular page on a website: a gigantic index of every single page available on that site, all handily linked from the one place.

It's not just lost and frustrated web users who love sitemaps. The search engines love them too. A sitemap is an easy way to ensure that the search engines are able to see every page on your website, giving you a better chance of having all your pages indexed. There are two different types of sitemap:

1. The normal, "human" sitemap

This type is designed for humans, although the search engines find them handy as well. These are just normal HTML pages full of links to all pages on your website. This page is usually accessible through a small link in the footer of your page (there's no need to make it a giant, obvious link in your navigation... keep it small). There's nothing special you need to do to create this page — just...

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