Sitemap (sitemap.xml) is a very important topic for your website. To quickly index your website in search engines, you need to create a sitemap and submit it to Google..
What is a sitemap?
Sitemap is a (.xml) based file that allows search engines to easily understand the structure of your site. Sitemaps tend to index all the information on your website in different ways, such as categories, titles, tags, comments, content, etc.
How to create a sitemap?
If you can't create a sitemap manually, no problem. Now there is no hassle to create a sitemap. Now if you do a Google search you will find many websites that will auto generate the sitemap of your website. However, here I will show you how to create a sitemap through such a site. To do this, first copy your web address link, then go to this site www.xml-sitemaps.com, you will see your web address in a box, just put your web address in it and click the Start button. Sitemaps for your website will be created in a short time. Now download the sitemap of your website from there and upload it to the root (www) or (public_html) file of your website. And if you use WordPress, you can easily solve it by installing Yoast SEO plugin. Because it generates auto sitemaps for your site..
How to submit your sitemap to Google?
It is important to submit your sitemap to Google in order to make your website known to Google. And for that you have to go to Google webmaster https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps link and login.
After going to Search Console> Add Property in Google Webmaster Tools, enter the address of your website and then a page will appear where two mediums will guide you to verify your site. If you don't want to bother, that will give you the option to download the html file; Download that file and upload it to the root (www) or (public_html) file of your website. Then verify the ownership of your site by clicking the verify button.
Once your website is verified, you will see an option called sitemaps in the left hand menu. Click there to see a box with the full address of your website on the right. E.g .: www.yoursite.com/ (box)
Now type the name of the sitemap file you uploaded a while ago (usually the name of the sitemap file is sitemap.xml) in this blank box, for example: (www.yoursite.com/sitemap.xml) and click the submit button.
If you did not make a mistake, you will see the name of your newly submitted sitemap in the box below, next to which will be written success in status. If you look like this, you know that you have successfully submitted your sitemap for Google index.
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