What is a site map and why should every website have one?

A sitemap is a file that includes all the information about the pages, videos, images, and other files from the site, and the relationships between them. A sitemap helps search engines discover URLs on your site, it prioritizes all the webpages according to the web page content quality.

How can a site map be used as part of a search engine optimization (SEO) strategy?

A sitemap links your website and the pages together, so it increases your internal linking for SEO purposes. It makes it easier to navigate your website and the pages for the search engines, which is considered a “plus” in the world of SEO.

There are many CMS and plugins use for creating the sitemap. For example,  Yoast uses WordPress, and Joomla uses the Joomla sitemap plugin.

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