Why An HTML Sitemap Page?An HTML sitemap can help your site in two very important ways: 1. It gives your visitors the easiest way possible to find all of the pages on your site. This pleases your visitors, and increases the chance that they will return to your site. And when they do return to your site, you have a much better chance that they will buy your product and/or click on one of your ads. 2. It helps all of your pages get indexed by the search engines. Not only that, it helps your site's rankings in the search engines because it is linked from a tier 2 page. What's a tier 2 page you ask? The ideal Web site structure consists of a 3-tier approach. It's very simple... Tier 1 - This is your home page. The page they land on if a visitor enters in your-domain.com Tier 2 - These are the pages that are linked to from your home page. So if you have a navigation bar, these are all Tier 2 pages. Or if you simply have links in the content of your home page, these are also Tier 2 pages. Tier 3 - These are pages that are linked to from your Tier 2 pages. Take a look at a chart of the Tier 3 structure...
This Tier 3 structure is a rock-solid way to build a Web site. It makes it easy for visitors to get to all of your pages (it only takes two clicks!). It's also easy for search engines to find your pages as well. I know what you're thinking...what on Earth does this have to do with HTML sitemaps??? Well, with an HTML sitemap that is linked to from your home page (your Tier 1) page, this makes your HTML sitemap page what???... You guessed it. A Tier 2 page! Here's the beauty of all of this. Because your HTML sitemap has a link to all of the pages of your site, and it's a Tier 2 page, it makes every page on your Web site at least a Tier 3 page! This ensures that search engines will be able to crawl through your Web site and index all of your pages. It guarantees that your pages get linked to and don't end up being buried deep in your site where search engines can't find it. The HTML Sitemap Generator is a quick and easy way to create your first HTML sitemap. No HTML knowledge required. And not only that, it keeps your HTML sitemap updated automatically as your build more content. Having a Tier 3 structure is a great way to build out your Web site. And with an HTML sitemap, you can guarantee that your site follows this Tier 3 approach.
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