Term in plain language

Sitemap

An XML map of selected canonical URLs that the website owner submits for search discovery.

What it means

It is an up-to-date list of pages the website considers distinct and ready to appear in search.

A sitemap supports discovery of deeper pages and makes it easier to control which URLs the website presents as primary.

The sitemap includes canonical services and articles with genuine update dates, but excludes form results and parameter duplicates.

Related terms

A website review that connects an issue to a URL, priority and a repeatable acceptance check.

Adding a processed page to the search-engine database used to build search results.

Automated exploration of accessible URLs and links by a search crawler.