Submit your XML sitemap to Google is SEO best practice
Allow google to crawl your site easier and also allow user to have an overview of your site directories.
Most commonly, a website’s XML sitemap will be located at this URL address: “https://domain.com/sitemap.xml.”
If you have access to your website’s Google Search Console (GSC), there’s a chance the sitemap has been submitted there.
A robots.txt file tells search engine crawlers which sections of the website they should crawl and which they should avoid.
It should go in the root folder of your site: “https://domain.com/robots.txt”
If the robots.txt file follows best practices, it’ll link to the website sitemap. Just search for “sitemap” within the robots.txt file.
Google encourages users to follow best practices outlined by sitemaps.org.
- Refer to the help center for your website builder for sitemap builder. If your platform doesn’t provide an XML sitemap, you can use a sitemap generator tool.
- The main benefit of using Yoast to make your XML sitemap is that it updates automatically (dynamic sitemap).
- If you don’t use Yoast, there are lots of other plugins available for WordPress (like Google XML Sitemaps) that you can use to create a sitemap.
