Xml SiteMap is simply a page that lists all the urls with meta data likes when they are updated the last time, how often is it updated and other data likes its priority (how important is it). Though Search engine crawlers like Google bot are intelligent enough, they may not crawl all the urls of your site. For example if your site uses Java scripts, Superfish menu Or any kind of flash menus, then the google bot can't index your sute properly. Here comes the importance of a sitemap.xml file. Since the sitemap file stores all the url, no urls of your site will be disappeared from the search results.
Drupal has many xml site map creators. But among the “Xmlsitemap” is a great module. It is able to create the sitemap.xml file in accordance with the user needs and automatically submit it search engines like google and bing if we configure. The drupal xmlsitemap module also provides a page that humans can read. In the default settings the Main Menu of the drupal site is excluded from the sitemap file. It can included as you wish, For that goto :
Structure > Menus > Edit Menu (main menu)
In the xml site map section, change the inclusion to “Included” and save the configuration.
We can also configure it under the settings tab of Xml sitemap configuration. For this goto :
Configuration > Xml Sitemap (under Search and Meta Data) > Setting( tab on the top) > Menu link(tab below)
If you want to submit the sitemap to the Search engines, then goes to Search Engine tab of Xml sitemap configuration and use the appropriate settings.
Also have a look at the Drupal SEO Modules
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