A sitemap is a file which contains the different pages of an Internet site and the way to them through the sections of the site. The web pages can be arranged visually or as simple text and this type of a file is rather useful for 2 reasons. The first one is that it makes it much easier for the website visitors to locate a certain page they need, which means that they can navigate your site better and a lot faster, which in turn will improve their user experience and it will be more likely that they will return to the website or will recommend it to other people. Another reason is that a sitemap permits search engines to index your website content better, especially when it is updated, so when users are trying to find particular content, it's more likely that they will find your site as it will be listed higher in their search engine results. If your site is not indexed effectively, it may not appear for some searches, so even if you have what people need, they will simply not get to the website.
SiteMap Generator in Shared Web Hosting
In case you host your Internet sites in a shared web hosting account from our firm, you will have a very intuitive sitemap generator readily available. This tool can be accessed from the Hepsia Control Panel and it will permit you to select any one of your domains or subdomains, so the sitemap file will be made in the website directory where you need it. The straightforward user interface will allow you to choose the total number of links which have to be indexed and how deep the indexing should go. As a more advanced feature, you could also pick the file extensions that have to be included in the sitemap - you can use the default ones which include all most popular extensions a site uses such as php, html, etc, however if your site contains more diverse content, you could also enter or delete an extension before you make the sitemap for a particular website.