Using Sitemaps to help Google find content hosted on your site

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Sitemaps help Google and other search engines discover your content so we can serve it to users for relevant queries.

Read more about Sitemaps here: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=156184

Check out our resources on Sitemap creation: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=183668

Have a lot of images? Include them in an image Sitemap: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=178636

Understand how to submit a Sitemap: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=183669

Learn more about creating great sites that perform well in Google search results at Webmaster Academy: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/static.py?hl=en&page=checklist.cs&tab=1095542

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