YLB Score › The checks, explained › Part I, Can people find you?

There is no map of your site for search engines

A sitemap is a short list of every page on your site, in a form search engines read. Without it they find your pages by following links, which works, but slowly, and some pages may never be found at all.

Most website software makes one automatically; it may only need switching on.

Worth about 1 point of your 100 for a typical businessAbout afternoon, by your web person

See for yourself

Open your website address with
on the end. A list of your pages means it exists.

How to fix it

1. Switch on the sitemap in your website software, or have your web person generate one.
2. Mention it in your
file so search engines find it without being told.