XML sitemaps just turned 18 in June, and in honor of its full-fledged introduction into adulthood, I’m breaking down how XML sitemaps work, how to build one, and why XML sitemaps offer a boatload of ...

Learn instances where using visual, HTML sitemaps make sense than simply relying on your website's navigational structure or XML sitemaps. Google search advocate John Mueller has always downplayed the ...

The debate about the utility of HTML sitemaps and their efficacy with regards to SEO rages on. But as far as I’m concerned, they are useful for users and there is no good reason not to have one. If ...

In one of Matt Cutts' videos on SEO questions, he answers a question about if you should build an HTML or XML Sitemap. An HTML sitemap is an old school landing page for users to find all (or most) of ...

Google's John Mueller posted on Reddit that he agrees, that HTML sitemaps are not worthwhile for SEO purposes. He said "I agree. When it comes to SEO ... for small sites, your site should be crawlable ...

Detailed information on sitemaps and the benefits of using them. This article covers how to properly create an XML sitemap using different tools and details on how you can fix existing sitemap errors.

A few months back I discovered a shocking bug in how Google handles XML sitemaps, which enabled brand new sites to rank for competitive shopping terms by hijacking the equity from legitimate sites. I ...