Google's John Mueller said in a video hangout at the 3:16 mark that the URLs Google finds in your XML sitemap files are often used to define your canonical URLs. John said "we recommend doing that is ...

XML sitemaps just turned 18 in June, and in honor of its full-fledged introduction into adulthood, I’m breaking down how XML sitemaps work, how to build one, and why XML sitemaps offer a boatload of ...

A Google Webmaster Help thread has a webmaster all upset that Google shows that they have indexed none of the URLs they submitted via the XML Sitemap file. Obviously, this can be concerning to any ...

Despite the fact that sitemaps are simply lists of canonical URLs submitted to search engines, it’s amazing how rare it is to come across a perfect one. Issues often arise when large site owners use ...

This week’s Ask An SEO question comes from Renee in Iowa, who writes: “I read somewhere that you should submit your sitemap every month. When you provide an XML URL, isn’t it just that – a URL and ...

Since Google launched XML Sitemaps back in 2005, they’ve added specialized formats to enable site owners to submit content other than web pages. Until now, site owners have had to create separate ...