🌐 If your sitemap isn't simple and straightforward, you're doing it wrong 👎 Here's how to perfect it for optimal crawlability ⤵️

1️⃣ Start by listing all significant pages on your website. For a comprehensive site, group them by categories like services, products, blog posts, etc.
2️⃣ Use tools like Screaming Frog or XML-Sitemaps.com to create your sitemap automatically.
3️⃣ For specific requirements, you might consider manually creating your XML sitemap. This allows for customised prioritisation and organisation.

⚠️ If your site's a bit complex, don't forget to...

🪄 Organise your sitemap based on website hierarchy, especially if you have diverse services or product categories.
🪄 Assign priority levels in your sitemap to signal the importance of certain pages over others to search engines.
🪄 Indicate how often different sections of your site are updated to help search engines understand which pages to crawl more frequently.

⚠️ Once your sitemap is ready, submit it via Google Search Console.
⚠️ Don't forget to regularly monitor the sitemap status in GSC and to keep it up to date.

📺 Next up in the crawlability series: All those awkward mistakes we make with "noindex" tags 😬

👍 Thumbs up if you knew what a sitemap was before reading this post

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