The Sitempa.xml file contains all the URL's of your online store along with meta description. The file is used to feed search engines with store links and data that it uses to index in its database. SEO experts will recommend you to have such file such that you get ranked in relevant search terms. Follow these steps to generate sitemap.xml
- Got to Dashboard > Settings > SEO & Analytics > Robot.txt & Sitemap
- Click on the button 'Generate Sitemap.xml button
- Wait for about 4 to 5 minutes for system to generate xml file
- Click on the Sitemap.xml link to preview the file on your online store
Note: Sitemap.xml file doesn't generate automatically. You will need to create manually. When you add new product, category, web page, blog, it is recommended that you create sitemap.xml file such that search engine spiders crawl the most update file