This visual summary traces how a page travels from published to citable, why a sitemap is the link that makes it discoverable, and the three quick steps to confirm yours is working.
What an XML Sitemap Does and Why Realtors Need One summary card
Pillar 3 infographic: the discovery path from publishing to citation, and the realtor’s three-step sitemap job.
PILLAR 3 · TECHNICAL FOUNDATION
What an XML Sitemap Does
and Why Realtors Need One
The directory that gets your pages found
Crawlers cannot cite a page they never find.
THE PATH TO A CITATION
You publish a page
↓
Your sitemap lists it
↓
A crawler discovers it
↓
Search engines index it
↓
Now eligible to be cited
THE REALTOR’S JOB, ABOUT AN HOUR TOTAL
1
Confirm it exists
Visit yoursite.com/sitemap.xml. If it loads, you have one.
2
Submit it
Add it in Google Search Console and Bing. Both are free.
3
Check it monthly
Watch that new pages are being found and indexed.
Get found before you get cited.
RealEstateCitationSEO.org
Brett LaCroix · Real Estate SEO Strategist
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