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                                                                              SITEMAP




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                                                           SPAM ISSUES








           et another aspect of living on the World   Sitemaps can be encrypted via your   priority to let search engines know that it
        YWide Web has been ruined by spammers   website or they can be automatically   should be in the forefront as a website is
        trying to make a buck. As of May 2022,   generated with tools such as Google’s Python   clicked upon. They also ensure that a site
        Microsoft Bing has announced that they will   Generator. This tool allows for the installation   is crawled and indexed, though this is not a
        cease accepting XML sitemaps submitted   of a script on your server that produces XML   guarantee of visibility.
        anonymously through HTTP channels.   files that are directly transmitted to Google’s
        Fabrice Canel, Principal Program Manager at   search engine.              The Importance Of Sitemaps
        Microsoft Bing, has cited that this anonymous
                                                                                    The construction of a sitemap can help
        submission of sitemaps is being overused and   Why Sitemaps Are Used      a website designer clarify goals and help
        abused by search spammers.
                                               Sitemaps generally have three different   strategically map them out. By deciding what
                                             functions for a website. They allow   the function of a page should be, website
        About Sitemaps                       webmasters to control the manner in which   designers ensure that all elements of a web
                                             sites are indexed and updated, taking more of   experience are going to serve both vendor
           Sitemaps are tools that webmasters use   a direct approach to creating visibility instead   and customer.
        to communicate between website and server,
                                             of leaving it up to search engine spiders.
        allowing search engine spiders to navigate a                                A sitemap is essential for proper SEO
        website. Creating sitemaps and sending it to   Sitemaps also allow a website creator   positioning. As changes are made to a
        search engines for indexing is a great way to   to decide which pages are most important,   website, those that are mapped out with the
        increase your visibility, increase traffic, and   as well as those that can be tucked into the   use of a sitemap are automatically updated
        drive people to your website.        background. As a page is edited, it is given   and sent to web crawlers, who index a site


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