Let's talk about Sitemaps

October 7, 2025 - Around 10% of websites do not have a sitemap at all, and approximately 21-25% of websites have a faulty sitemap.

Let's face it, this isn't the biggest single issue for AI / LLM search visibility so let's keep this one brief.

Many sites have:

Outdated entries
Broken links
Oversized files
Incorrect metadata
Syntax errors

Traditionally sitemaps help search engines like Google and Bing discover and crawl your web pages- think of your sitemap as a "Website Map" or a "Roadmap".

Sitemap for LLMs - Traditional vs AI Search

But for LLMs, AI Agents and AI Search- Sitemaps are becoming more important and here's why:

LLM Discovery

LLMs don't crawl every single web page like Google does, therefore Sitemaps tell the LLM which pages exist.

Metadata Intelligence

Sitemaps allow metadata like <lastmod>, <changefreq>, and <priority> tags, which tell AI bots when pages last changed or how important they are.

Trusted Reference

When sitemaps are kept up to date, AI systems can trust them as a reference rather than relying solely on "link crawling".

Hierarchical Structure

A sitemap reveals the hierarchical structure (sections, categories, subpages) in a machine-readable form for AI LLMs.

XML Sitemap Structure for ChatGPT and AI Bots

⚠️ Important Warning

If a sitemap is missing, contradictory, or poorly formatted, it can mislead LLMs rather than help.

EZY.ai Solution

EZY.ai audits your sitemap fully and automatically applies all required changes according to today's best practices- the image below shows the EZY.ai Dashboard for Sitemap.xml.

Let's talk about Sitemaps

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