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sitemap.xml and robots.txt — how to explain your site to Google

30.03.2026
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How does Google find and read your site? Via sitemap and robots files.

sitemap.xml

A list of all site pages. Googlebot indexes each one.

robots.txt

What can and can't be crawled. Blocks /admin/, /api/, etc.

Where to put them

Both at site root: site.uz/sitemap.xml and site.uz/robots.txt

Search Console

Submit the sitemap in Google Search Console — speeds up indexing.

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