HTML sitemap in Google search results

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  • Resolved Anonymous

    2 years, 1 month ago

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    Easy newbie question. I’ve used HTML sitemaps in past to help visitors (and search engines) find pages on my website, but now have your xml sitemaps that seem to do that.

    I just submitted website to Google search console and I see that my html sitemap shows in search results (first item) when I use site:mywebsite.com

    So should I just noindex the sitemap.html file?

    Thanks. More questions to come as I figure this stuff out.

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  • Reinelle

    2 years, 1 month ago

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention.

    HTML sitemap helps visitors gain a comprehensive understanding of your site.

    However, the XML sitemaps cater to search engines. When you add new pages or content to your site, you can use XML sitemaps to notify the search engines.

    If that file outranks your important pages like the homepage, then it is better to set it to noindex.

    Rank Math also has a feature to create HTML sitemaps on your site:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/html-sitemap/

    Hope that helps.

    Thank you.

    RankBot

    2 years ago

    Hello,

    Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.

    If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.

    Thank you.

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