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The goal is to have each page on your site crawlable; this will speed up content discovery as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is an example of what a XML sitemap looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/seoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-870\" width=\"330\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/seoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-1.png 475w, https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/seoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-1-300x277.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Google declares that XML sitemaps are especially essential for \u201creally large websites,\u201d \u201cwebsites with large archives,\u201d \u201cnew websites with just a few external links to it,\u201d and \u201cwebsites which use rich media content.\u201d From the article on Yoast.com that I was reading, Yoast believes that every website can benefit from a XML sitemap. 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