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    4. For a sitemap.html page, does the URL slug have to be /sitemap?

    For a sitemap.html page, does the URL slug have to be /sitemap?

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    • imjonny123
      imjonny123 last edited by

      Also, do you have to have anchors in your sitemap.html? or are naked URLs that link okay?

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      • Rajesh.Prajapati
        Rajesh.Prajapati last edited by

        link with anchor text.

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        • seoman10
          seoman10 last edited by

          Providing you link to your HTML sitemap from at least some of the pages on your site search engines should find it regardless of what it's called.

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          • ThompsonPaul
            ThompsonPaul last edited by

            Search Engine crawlers don't pay much attention to HTML sitemaps - they're considered thin/worthless pages with no real value, since they're just a huge collection of links with no context.

            Build them so they are useful and relevant for a human visitor, or just make sure your site navigation and internal search is well-thought-out and drop the HTML sitemap altogether (which is my strong recommendation).

            Paul

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