What is a sitemap you may ask and why do I need one? A sitemap is a list of all the links to the pages on your website. I’ve recently added a sitemap for this blog using a Wordpress plugin (see Arne Brachhold’s sitemaps-generator ). If you don’t use Wordpress then there are lots of other types of free software that you can use (for a list of tools you can use see code.google.com). The good thing about using a sitemap generator is that you do not have to create it by hand, making it very simple to keep up-to-date. Every time I add a new post the sitemap is updated automatically. There is lots of other free software around to use, depending on what’s suitable for your website.

The benefits of having a sitemap include increasing your chances of getting all your web pages indexed on Google, as it makes it easier for Google’s automated “googlebots” to crawl your website (ie. index all the content for display on google’s results page). This helps with SEO or Search Engine Optimisation.

If you want to know more about SEO see my webpage http://www.how-to-be-a-bad-artist.com/market.html