The word "map" is very quick to think that he is playing a leading role, for the site is no exception, but to mention is "Sitemap" is not only for visitors to navigate the role of navigation, most of the site as the owner of the site as an increase in search engine tools.
Site map in a large amount of information on the site to play a very large role, the following I (Lu Jianjia) from two perspectives on how to build a site map more effective
I divided the site map into "User HTML map" and "Search engine map" (sitemap)
User HTML Map
The main site information is categorized, listing information structure map, through a simple, intuitive form of the page to allow visitors to directly find the information they need. For example: by industry, by region, by product classification, according to the company service content, according to a topic and so on. User HTML map can be hidden in the depths of good articles, good information to the viewer, to increase the amount of browsing. It is best to place a link to the user's HTML site map on each page
User HTML map is not just a link to the list of pages, which many people put the main page to a page will not be managed, such a site map does not have much effect.
User HTML Map production should pay attention to the following points:
1, to have a sense of hierarchical structure
2, font, color, line spacing should be reasonable
3, the page should not be too long to prevent the setting into a maze, so that visitors can not find a clue.
4, connect to really exist, do not open the page.
5, the number of links to the page control in about 50.
Search engine Map (sitemap)
An XML Sitemap is often called a sitemap, but most people call it a "site map,"
First, the role of the next Sitemap:
1, for search engine spiders can browse the entire site links;
2, for search engine spiders to provide some links, point to dynamic pages or other methods more difficult to reach the page;
3, as a potential landing page, can be optimized for the search flow;
Sitemap is built primarily for Google to build, through Sitemap submitted to achieve the goal.
People who don't know about XML can make it by online automatic generation tools, but most of the online tools have the limit of how many connection bars are generated.