{"id":14861,"date":"2022-08-05T18:41:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T16:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mike.atsas.gr\/3-%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%b1-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%b7-%ce%b4%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%bf%cf%85%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%af%ce%b1-%ce%b5%ce%bd%cf%8c%cf%82-sitemap\/"},"modified":"2022-08-05T18:41:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T16:41:15","slug":"3-%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%b1-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%b7-%ce%b4%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%bf%cf%85%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%af%ce%b1-%ce%b5%ce%bd%cf%8c%cf%82-sitemap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.atsas.gr\/en\/3-%ce%b5%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%b5%ce%af%ce%b1-%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%b1-%cf%84%ce%b7-%ce%b4%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%bf%cf%85%cf%81%ce%b3%ce%af%ce%b1-%ce%b5%ce%bd%cf%8c%cf%82-sitemap\/","title":{"rendered":"3 tools for creating a sitemap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">XML sitemap<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a direct and effective way of communicating with search engines, as it makes it easier for them to find the pages on your website and recognize new content faster. This is important because your new pages are ranked faster and of course frequent indexing improves your website's ranking in search results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually, Google doesn't give a clear message when it comes to SEO issues, but for creating a sitemap, it does point to a guide that guides website owners. Google states:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"If your sitemap pages are properly linked, web crawlers can usually discover most of your site. However, a sitemap can improve the crawling of your site, especially if your site meets one of the following criteria...\"<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has a lot of content that is not well connected<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has rich media content\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">makes frequent updates (especially eShops that have thousands of products)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is new website with some external links<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has dynamic content<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, a sitemap is not necessary for SEO and sites do not rank better or worse as <\/span><b>direct<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> result of its existence or not. However, it can make a significant difference <strong>Indirectly<\/strong>, especially for websites with the above features, where Google specifically suggests its use. However, even though XML sitemaps help Google quickly locate all the key pages on your site, it still states that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"adding a sitemap does not guarantee finding these URLs.\"<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In simpler terms, any website can benefit in terms of SEO by helping Google easily crawl new websites and the latest updates. In fact, some <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">content management systems<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (CMS) can automatically create XML sitemaps. However, if this is not the case in your situation, there are many amazing tools you can choose from:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>1. <\/b><b>Yoast SEO Plugin<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Free Version<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | Premium: \u20ac89\/ year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you're using WordPress, this is probably the best option. Yoast is a very popular SEO plugin with a lot of features. Creating a sitemap is just a small part of what it can do. The Yoast SEO plugin automatically creates a sitemap for your site and submits it to Google and Bing. The best thing about this plugin is that it updates automatically. As soon as you create a new blog post or product page, a link is immediately added to your sitemap so you don't have to worry about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the Yoast SEO plugin features integration with Google Search Console, so you can easily see how your site is performing in search results without leaving your WordPress dashboard. It's also great for creating the best <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dynamic sitemaps<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for your websites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most impressive features it provides is the ability to create sub-sitemaps, divided by category for every 1,000 links. It's very convenient for larger websites. Each sub-sitemap is linked to the main sitemap which allows Google easy access to the entire directory.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>2ND SE<b> Ranking<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Free Version<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | Premium: from \u20ac23\/ month\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those who don't use WordPress, this may be the best option. SE Ranking is a lesser known tool, but with many advanced features. In its free version, it has a sitemap generator with an unlimited number of pages provided as part of the SE Ranking Website Audit tool. It generally has many useful features for SEO, such as allowing you to monitor keyword performance, perform an SEO audit of your website and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SE Ranking is easy to use with the ability to select the types of pages you want to include in your XML sitemap. Thus, you can easily exclude pages such as: redirections (3xx), client (4xx), server (5xx), duplicate or normalized pages, pages excluded from robots.txt, noindex and nofollow pages.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>3. <b>Screaming Frog<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Free Version<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> | Premium: \u00a3149\/ year<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Screaming Frog is an extremely powerful <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">desktop software<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which has a wide range of SEO functions. It is the tool used by almost every SEO specialist. It includes the ability to create XML sitemap for any website in minutes, regardless of the type of CMS of the website. The free version gives the ability to crawl 500 pages. If you have a larger website and want to crawl more than 500 pages, you will need to buy the annual version. It's worth it, especially if you want to put a lot of emphasis on SEO as a marketing tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other advantages of Screaming Frog are the functions for finding <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">broken links<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, duplicate content discovery, visualisation of site architecture and much more. 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