You wouldn’t design a new kitchen without creating a blueprint first, would you? Similarly, you’d never want to design a website without creating a sitemap.
A sitemap is a file of code that lives on your web server and lists all of the relevant URLs that are in the structure of your website. It helps search engine web crawlers determine the structure of the site so they can crawl it more intelligently.
Here’s an example of what a sitemap file might look like:
Designing a Website Blueprint: How to Create Your XML Sitemap
