Sometimes called an index page, a sitemap, either in the XML or HTML format, is probably the most important page on the website which includes the links to all other pages on the website through keyword rich anchor texts. The sitemap is usually linked from the home page and the footer of each page. The site map doesn't need to have a fancy design, it just needs to fulfill its job by helping the search engines to find all the links of the website, crawl them and find new links and content within the website.
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