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 ...

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 ...

This week’s Ask An SEO question comes from Renee in Iowa, who writes: “I read somewhere that you should submit your sitemap every month. When you provide an XML URL, isn’t it just that – a URL and ...

Google's John Mueller said it is acceptable to restrict access of your XML Sitemaps to just search engines. So you can technically block humans from seeing your XML sitemaps but allow Google to access ...

Google's John Mueller said on Twitter that having an XML Sitemap file is "a minimal baseline for any serious website." Basically, all serious websites should have an XML sitemap file part of it or it ...