Question: Fill in the blank: Sitemaps are _______ files that provide search engines information about the structure of your site.
- HTML
- JSON-LD
- JavaScript
- XML
Explanation
HubSpot’s sitemap documentation explicitly refers to a sitemap as an XML file and tells users they can open it by viewing the domain’s /sitemap.xml file. HubSpot+1 HubSpot also says sitemaps help search engine crawlers determine the structure of a site so they can crawl it more intelligently. HubSpot Because the file format is defined as XML, that is the correct term for the blank. HubSpot+1 This is a site-structure file format, not a scripting format or a structured data format. HubSpot+1
Why the other options are incorrect
HTML is incorrect because HubSpot identifies the sitemap as an XML file, not an HTML page. HubSpot+1
JSON-LD is incorrect because that format is used for structured data, while HubSpot’s sitemap file is specifically /sitemap.xml. HubSpot+1
JavaScript is incorrect because a sitemap is a crawler-readable XML file, not executable client-side code. HubSpot+1
Source for verification
https://knowledge.hubspot.com/domains-and-urls/view-and-edit-a-hubspot-hosted-domain-sitemap
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