What should every basic website have (SEO, Sitemap, Legal) [closed]

1. Should every website have a sitemap?
2. Are sitemaps still relevant for SEO?
3. What should a sitemap contain?
4. What should I exclude from sitemap?

Should every website have a sitemap?

A sitemap helps search engines discover URLs on your site, but it doesn't guarantee that all the items in your sitemap will be crawled and indexed. However, in most cases, your site will benefit from having a sitemap.

Are sitemaps still relevant for SEO?

In general, HTML sitemap SEO is used for users to take a look at the website, and XML sitemap is for search engine crawlers. The XML sitemap is quite essential for SEO forever – it is a truth and a truth.

What should a sitemap contain?

The sitemaps include every page on the website – from the main pages to lower-level pages and can be thought of as a well-organized table of content. An HTML sitemap is just a clickable list of pages on a website. In its rawest form, it can be an unordered list of every page on a site – but don't do that.

What should I exclude from sitemap?

As I wrote in the section “Which URLs should be put in a sitemap”, it's important to exclude not important URLs. Most sitemap generators put in all of the website URLs. Sure, you can delete all of the unnecessary URLs, but you can easily make a mistake in the messy data.