{"id":9224,"date":"2021-06-21T06:23:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T06:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/?p=9224"},"modified":"2024-09-18T05:30:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T05:30:50","slug":"best-seo-practices-for-sitemap-optimization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-seo-practices-for-sitemap-optimization\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Best SEO Practices for Sitemap Optimization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is an overwhelming number of web pages out there and every one of them wants to be seen, the only thanks to navigating this ocean of content are via search engines.<\/p>\n<p>On the user\u2019s end, it\u2019s a simple process. Type something into Google, Yahoo, or Bing and, voila, a neatly prioritized list of results.<br \/>\nBehind the scenes, however, there\u2019s tons of work happening to arrange those results. Search engines need help to seek out appropriate content.<\/p>\n<p>That help comes from sitemaps.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a14701077cb0\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a14701077cb0\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-seo-practices-for-sitemap-optimization\/#What_is_a_Sitemap\" >What is a Sitemap?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-seo-practices-for-sitemap-optimization\/#Use_WordPress_Plugins_to_create_Sitemaps_Automatically\" >Use WordPress Plugins to create Sitemaps Automatically<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-seo-practices-for-sitemap-optimization\/#Consider_Dynamic_Sitemaps\" >Consider Dynamic Sitemaps<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-seo-practices-for-sitemap-optimization\/#Test_Your_Sitemap\" >Test Your Sitemap<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-seo-practices-for-sitemap-optimization\/#Quality_Over_Quantity\" >Quality Over Quantity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-seo-practices-for-sitemap-optimization\/#Dont_Make_Your_Sitemap_too_large\" >Don\u2019t Make Your Sitemap too large<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-seo-practices-for-sitemap-optimization\/#Dont_Trick_the_search_engine\" >Don\u2019t Trick the search engine<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-seo-practices-for-sitemap-optimization\/#Dont_Waste_Crawl_Budget\" >Don\u2019t Waste Crawl Budget<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-seo-practices-for-sitemap-optimization\/#Points_to_Ponder\" >Points to Ponder<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_Sitemap\"><\/span>What is a Sitemap?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A sitemap is a map of your website that indexes relevant pages, so search engines can read them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9230 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot_3-1.jpg\" alt=\"What-is-site-map?-Best-SEO-Practice- for-Sitemap-Optimization\" width=\"820\" height=\"410\" \/><br \/>\nFor example, at some moment when you Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dialpad.com\/features\/visual-voicemail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cwhat is visual voicemail?\u201d<\/a> Google knows what pages to rank based on sitemaps, and perceived values of those URLs, so as to answer that question.<br \/>\nIt might prioritize informative URLs like blog posts.<br \/>\nAlternatively, if you were to Google just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dialpad.com\/features\/business-phone-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cbest business phone app\u201d<\/a>, Google would prioritize reviews and products.<br \/>\nYou want people to seek out your site. But, you furthermore may want people to remain there and find it useful. the best way to ensure both is to optimize your sitemap.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Use_WordPress_Plugins_to_create_Sitemaps_Automatically\"><\/span>Use WordPress Plugins to create Sitemaps Automatically<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There are tons of great <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress sites<\/a> with plugins that can design and create webpages and automatically generate a sitemap for you.<br \/>\nWordPress plugins are apps that allow you to add new features and functionality to your website.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/best-lead-generation-wordpress-plugin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress companies<\/a> will have a strong understanding of SEO, so it\u2019ll remove tons of the trial and error involved in producing your own sitemaps.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Consider_Dynamic_Sitemaps\"><\/span>Consider Dynamic Sitemaps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Whenever your website changes, your sitemap will have to be updated to reflect those changes, ensuring bots are being directed to the latest content your website has to offer.<br \/>\nDoing this manually can be time-consuming, especially for larger sites.<br \/>\nInstead, you&#8217;ll create a dynamic sitemap.<br \/>\nA dynamic sitemap will automatically update your sitemap each time changes are made to indexed pages. It\u2019s faster and uses fewer resources.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s an excellent option for large sites with numerous engagements.<br \/>\nSomething like a CCaaS provider, for example, provides cloud-based communication software to third parties, via their own software.<br \/>\nNaturally, they will have frequent traffic from different businesses. they could use a dynamic sitemap to reflect the constant changes in user engagement, making them preferable in program rankings.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Test_Your_Sitemap\"><\/span>Test Your Sitemap<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Before submitting your sitemap to search engines, run tests to ensure every index is accounted for. After testing, fix the issues.<br \/>\nThis can be tricky. Search engines can only tell you that indexes aren\u2019t being read. They can\u2019t point to which of them aren&#8217;t being read, or why.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot_2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Test-your-site-map-Best-SEO-Practices-for-Sitemap-Optimization \" width=\"820\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Try rearranging sitemaps based on specific criteria and submitting individually.<br \/>\nFor example, resubmit your sitemap indexing pages with images, or video feeds. If those specific URLs have problems, you&#8217;ll deduce that the problem is with images or videos.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Quality_Over_Quantity\"><\/span>Quality Over Quantity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Search engines value high-quality pages.<br \/>\nHigh-quality pages have relevant, original content. Ideally, they will have images, videos, and high engagement (comments or reviews from users).<br \/>\nLow-quality pages are those that, while important, aren\u2019t what users are searching for.<br \/>\nFor example, let\u2019s say your site provides cheap web hosting.<br \/>\nYour sitemap could index home pages, product pages, or blog posts &#8211; high-quality pages that people are useful to users.<br \/>\nYou shouldn\u2019t index an URL for checkout, or customer complaint page. Though they are related, they are not what users are searching for. If people are directed to those pages, they will presumably leave, increasing churn.<br \/>\nIncluding them in your sitemap will make search engines think the whole site is lower quality, rank it lower on search engine results.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dont_Make_Your_Sitemap_too_large\"><\/span>Don\u2019t Make Your Sitemap too large<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There\u2019s a limit to what search engines can handle.<br \/>\nThe limit is high; 50,000 URLs per sitemap for Bing and Google, and most sites won&#8217;t reach it.<br \/>\nEven if you don\u2019t, you ought to avoid extraneous URLs so there\u2019s plenty of room for your sitemap to grow.<br \/>\nIf you do reach that limit, split one large website into smaller sitemaps and submit them separately.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dont_Trick_the_search_engine\"><\/span>Don\u2019t Trick the search engine<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Sitemaps use timestamps to notice the last time a URL has changed. It\u2019s a useful feature because it means any content updates will be registered by search engines and marked as up-to-date content.<br \/>\nSome people use this feature to trick search engines, changing the date so that it\u2019s considered recent content and prioritized in search engine results.<br \/>\nThis doesn\u2019t work. Search engines have caught onto this and can check for any actual changes to URL content when its date has changed. If nothing important has changed, it can be flagged, and have its timestamp removed altogether.<\/p>\n<p>So, any time you make modifications, only change the date if they\u2019re substantial changes that add value.<br \/>\nFor example, if you sell business communication tools, they\u2019re likely to change as technology progresses. So, you\u2019ll probably be adding new content to old URLs to keep up with the times. These are relevant changes and should be reflected within the modification date stamp.<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re going back to old URLs to make fairly trivial changes, like design and formatting, don\u2019t change the date stamp. If you do, search engines will assume you\u2019re trying to cheat, and consider them as lower quality.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dont_Waste_Crawl_Budget\"><\/span>Don\u2019t Waste Crawl Budget<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>We mentioned before that there\u2019s a limit to the number of URLs an inquiry engine can read per sitemap.<br \/>\nThis is referred to as a crawl budget.<br \/>\nAs it\u2019s limited, be selective about which URLs you would like to be recognized.<br \/>\nYou can use a \u201cno index\u201d tag to prevent certain URLs from being read. You\u2019d use this for utility pages that you simply don\u2019t want showing up in search results, like payment portals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9228 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acmethemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Screenshot_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Don\u2019t-Waste-Crawl-Budget-Best-SEO-Practices-for-Sitemap-Optimization\" width=\"820\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re telling search engines to ignore certain URLs, but it still counts toward your overall crawl budget, so consider removing them altogether.<br \/>\nKeeping them in with a no-index tag will preserve link equity. You\u2019re telling the system it\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"rcolor5\" data-name=\"an important|a crucial|a vital|a very important\">a crucial <\/span><span class=\"rcolor6\" data-name=\"part of|a part of\">part of\u00a0<\/span>your website, with links to other parts of your site, but won\u2019t be useful in search results.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Points_to_Ponder\"><\/span>Points to Ponder<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>SEO practices are ongoing. You\u2019re trying\u00a0<span class=\"rcolor1\" data-name=\"to get|to urge|to induce\">to get<\/span>\u00a0noticed in an ever-shifting mass of online content. 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