Word
site map
Definition
compound. a list or a special page that shows all the different sections of a website. It helps visitors and search engines find their way around the site easily.
compound. a model of a website's content designed to help both users and search engines navigate the site. It can be a visible page for visitors or an XML file used by search crawlers to index pages efficiently.
Examples
“I checked the site map to find the contact page.”
“The developer updated the site map to ensure that the new blog posts would be indexed by Google immediately.”
“A well-structured site map not only improves the user experience by clarifying the site's hierarchy but also serves a critical role in search engine optimization by exposing deep-linked content.”
Examples
simple
“I checked the site map to find the contact page.”
contextual
“The developer updated the site map to ensure that the new blog posts would be indexed by Google immediately.”
complex
“A well-structured site map not only improves the user experience by clarifying the site's hierarchy but also serves a critical role in search engine optimization by exposing deep-linked content.”
Usage
Often written as two words ('site map') or one word ('sitemap').
Etymology
A compound formed from the noun site, an aphetic form of the Anglo-French visite, and map, derived from the Latin mappa, meaning a cloth or napkin.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Domain
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