Glossary

Sitemap

A file that lists important URLs so crawlers can discover content.

Definition

What this term means

A file that lists important URLs so crawlers can discover content.

The business impact

Sitemaps help AI crawlers find updated pages quickly.

How you might use this term

“We submit an updated sitemap to surface new glossary entries.”

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Freshness Signals

Indicators that content is recent and maintained.

Robots.txt

A file that guides crawlers on which pages to access.

Crawl Budget

The amount of crawling a site receives from bots in a given period.

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