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Sitemap
A structured file that catalogs and organizes a website, for easy, readable access by search engines.
A sitemap should be submitted to major search engines when you create a site, and also any time you have large-scale restructuring of the site. New sitemaps do not need to be generated every time a new page goes live. These will usually be crawled by search engines and added to the number of indexed pages on a site.
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Pillar Page
Pillar Pages are core pages on a website that comprehensively cover a particular topic. Often, these pages are thousands of words long, and contain a trover of information and resources related to the core topic.
This can help both the page and the site as a whole rank in search engines for a specific topic.
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Topic Cluster
A term in content marketing that refers to a related series of pieces of content. Collectively, these pieces of content form a related cluster that can aid in developing trust for the site’s users and to inform search engines of a primary topic on the site.
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Meta Tags
Meta tags are HTML fields that exist for web pages and help to define its content for search engines. They are primarily used to help search engines structure your site’s content.
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