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	Adding a [https://www.sitemaps.org/ sitemap] to your website allows searchbots to find pages much faster and more efficiently, allowing them to be quickly indexed for search engines.&ensp; Sitemaps can be saved as either "<code>/sitemap.txt</code>" or "<code>/sitemap.xml</code>" and should be in the root webdirectory ("<code>/</code>"). <ref><code>https://www.sitemaps.org/</code></ref> <ref><code>https://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html</code></ref>&ensp; Using plaintext (TXT) is much faster and easier than writing extensible markup language (XML).&ensp; I recommend keeping the sitemap as plaintext, allowing the SITEMAP protocol to join the ranks of the other plaintext website protocols for <u>[[ROBOTS]]</u>, [https://www.securitytxt.org/ SECURITY], and [https://humanstxt.org/ HUMANS].		Adding a [https://www.sitemaps.org/ sitemap] to your website allows searchbots to find pages much faster and more efficiently, allowing them to be quickly indexed for search engines.&ensp; Sitemaps can be saved as either "<code>/sitemap.txt</code>" or "<code>/sitemap.xml</code>" and should be placed in the root webdirectory ("<code>/</code>"). <ref><code>https://www.sitemaps.org/</code></ref> <ref><code>https://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html</code></ref>&ensp; Using plaintext (TXT) is much faster and easier than writing extensible markup language (XML).&ensp; I recommend keeping the sitemap as plaintext, allowing the SITEMAP protocol to join the ranks of the other plaintext website protocols for <u>[[ROBOTS]]</u>, [https://www.securitytxt.org/ SECURITY], and [https://humanstxt.org/ HUMANS].

	As with all webtext files, you should use an advanced text editor such as [https://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad-Plus-Plus] that supports Unix line endings.&ensp; Do not use Microsoft Windows Notepad.		As with all webtext files, you should use an advanced text editor such as [https://www.notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad-Plus-Plus] that supports Unix line endings.&ensp; Do not use Microsoft Windows Notepad.