Sitemap
A sitemap is a file listing the pages on your site that you want machines to know about.
In a little more detail
It does not force anything to be read, and it removes the excuse of not having found a page. It is cheap, standard, and usually generated automatically.
Related terms
- Index: The index is the searchable copy of the web a search engine keeps. If a page is not in it, that page cannot appear in results.
- robots.txt: robots.txt is a plain text file at the top level of a website that lists which automated visitors are allowed in and which are not.
See it on your own site
The scan reads your site the way AI search does and reports where you stand on this and sixteen other checks.