<p>Not every site needs a site map, they can certainly be a
good idea. Site maps provide a dual purpose: They provide search engine spiders
easy access to all of your site pages and they provide site visitors easy
access to all of your site pages. The difference is that search engines and
visitors access your site map differently and therefore there are different
methods that need to be applied to creating site map(s) that are friendly for
both engines and search spiders.</p>

<p>Small sites typically don't need a site map so long as all
pages are linked in the main navigation. Once you get into main and
sub-navigation menu's then site maps are helpful in allowing search engines and
visitors to quickly find anything they are looking for within just a couple of
clicks. A single site map can be used for both purposes or multiple site maps
can be created. Here we'll address creating site maps for spiders and humans
separately.</p>



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