Site map configuration service

Our system automatically creates a site map file that conforms to the sitemaps.org specification. This site map is created as an XML page that is read only by search engines. It does not create a readable page for "humans" to find their way around the website.

Search engines use the site map, together with the robots.txt file, as a guide to crawl and index your website. This site map file helps search engines keep their search results for your website up to date. A properly configured site map can also speed the indexing of your website.

What pages are listed?

By default all pages are included in the site map. Pages need to be specifically excluded from the site map.

Excluding pages from site map

Often there are pages that should not be included in the site map. An example would be any page that requires log-in to access. Another case where you will want to prevent indexing would be any page not normally accessed from within the website such as a special landing page used in test marketing.

To prevent a page from being included in the site map you must specifically set the priority for the page to "Not in site map". Site map settings can be made on a page's edit page under "Site map settings".

Please contact us to purchase the Site Map Configuration service.