A sitemap is guidance for search engines that they'll use to navigate your website. Many pages are difficult to find and the sitemap helps them find pages that aren't linked to directly, or are difficult to find. The types of sitemaps assigned to your account are generally determined by your level of access, although this barrier will soon be used making all modules available to all users. The exception is the property sitemap module - this is limited to those that are assigned the Property tools.
At this stage, limited access to the Console is provided, so you will have to submit your sitemaps to Google via the Search Console.
Once created, the sitemap is automatically updated.
Locate the Sitemap Module
You will find the Sitemap module by following the 'SEO' link in the 'Website' module. Once in SEO, select 'Sitemaps' and the applicable panels will be returned.
Pictured: You will find the Sitemap module by following the 'SEO' link in the 'Website' module. Once in SEO, select 'Sitemaps' and the applicable panels will be returned.
The panel that is of most importance to you (initially is the 'Posts' panel - this will create a sitemap for posts, primary pages, and FAQs.
Creating a Sitemap
Select the 'Posts' panel. Select your website and submit. A link to the created XML sitemap file will be returned should you choose to review it. A log is maintained in Yabber that the file was created.
Pictured: Select the 'Posts' panel. Select your website and submit. A link to the created XML sitemap file will be returned should you choose to review it. A log is maintained in Yabber that the file was created.
Other sitemap features may or may not be assigned to you on the basis of your website framework version. If an error is returned, you're (temporarily) out of luck. Some panels will return multiple options, such as the 'Resources' tab - in this case you'll be required to select the resource requiring a sitemap. Some of the resource sitemaps include thousands of pages.
It needn't have to be said: a sitemap won't improve your Search Engine ranking - this is a function of original content creation almost exclusively.
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