XML sitemaps just turned 18 in June, and in honor of its full-fledged introduction into adulthood, I’m breaking down how XML sitemaps work, how to build one, and why XML sitemaps offer a boatload of ...

Learn how to use Python to reorganize your XML sitemaps and help you isolate indexing problems on your website's most important pages. One of the main benefits of combining programming and SEO skills ...

In this edition of Ask An SEO, we break down a common point of confusion for site owners and technical SEOs: Do I need both an XML sitemap and an HTML one, and which one is better to use for SEO? It ...

An excellent WebmasterWorld thread asks if the new Sitemaps Auto-Discovery supported by all four major search engines is not just an easy way for search engines to find and index your content. The ...