Your Virtual Assistant Website - Why You Need a Site Map

A site map is often considered redundant in the process of building a website, and that is true... if you made a site map just for the sake of having one. This article highlights the importance of having a well constructed site map, so you will be able to tailor your own site map to suit your own needs.

1) Navigation

A site map literally acts as a map of your site. If your visitors browse your site and get lost between the thousands of pages, they can always refer back to your site map to see where they are, and navigate through your pages with the ease.

2) Conveys your website's theme

When your visitors load your site map, they will get the gist of your site within a very short amount of time. They can get the "big picture" of what your site is all about at one glance, without reading through each page. You will be saving your visitors' time and keep their attention.

3) Website optimization

When you create a site map, you are actually creating a single page which contains links to every single page on your site. Imagine what happens when search engine robots hit this page -- they will follow the links on the site map and every single page of your site gets indexed by search engines! It is also for this purpose that a link to the site map has to be placed prominently on the front page of your website.

4) Organization and relevance

A site map gives you a bird's eye view of your site structure, and whenever you need to add new content or new sections, you will be able to take the existing hierarchy into consideration just by glancing at the site map. As a result, you will have a perfectly organized site with everything sorted according to their relevance.

From the above reasons, it is most important to implement a site map for website projects with a considerable size. Through this way, you will be able to keep your website easily accessible and neatly organized for everyone.