Some Pointers For A Killer Site Map

Here are a few killer pointers for a good site map to help your visitors find information faster on your web site.

First of all, it's important that you make your site map the simplest page on your entire website.

• The ideal site map should resemble the table of contents in a book. No frills, just a description of whats on your website.

• Name your site map page SITE MAP; so your visitors won't have a difficult time finding it. Place a link to it on your main page for easy access by your visitors.

• Avoid dynamic site maps whenever possible. Those in which the visitors have to find their way easily to get information.

• Always make sure to use the TITLE attribute of the anchor tag, if the site map is a list of links. It's also a good idea to include keywords inside it.

• It's also a good idea to put a sentence or two below the link for that page, to describe the page contents on your site map.
  

• The site map should complement the navigation on your website, it should not be the primary navigation source.

• It's extremely important that there is an active link to the site map page, and that all of the pages on your website have the link placed on it. You can place the site map link with the other links in the main menu of your website, or put it in a section on your web page where it can be clearly seen by your visitors.

• You can complement site maps on your website by using different link colors for visited links. This way visitors know when they have already visited one of your web pages, thus saving them valuable time.

If you follow these simple pointers; you can create a killer site map for your website, that will help your visitors and the search engines find information faster.

Learn how to create a generic site map Here.