A sitemap is a file where you provide information about the pages, videos, and other files on your site, and the relationships between them. Search engines like Google read this file to crawl your site more efficiently. A sitemap tells Google which pages and files you think are important in your site, and also provides valuable information about these files. For example, when the page was last updated and any alternate language versions of the page.

AIQ Ecommerce will automatically generate an XML sitemap for your storefront. This will include links to every category, deals, and product in your store.

Currently AIQ Ecommerce updates your menu's sitemap once a day.

Once you've entered your menu URL, AIQ Ecommerce will generate a sitemap URL.

Once you've entered a URL, you can also customize how specific pages will show up in search results.

Use the dropdown to select variables to use in your Meta Title and Description fields. AIQ Ecommerce will automatically replace these variables depending on the page's context (ie. which category or product is being viewed).

Google offers the Google Search Console to help you track your website’s indexing status and improve its visibility.

You’ll use it to submit your sitemaps so Google will know to crawl your website. Google will likely crawl your site eventually, but submitting a sitemap speeds up the crawling process.

You can also use Search Console to:

If you need assistance, reach out to AIQ Support anytime via chat widget within your AIQ Dashboard.