Can Sitemap files be considered SEO?
Sitemap files cannot quite be categorized under SEO. In fact, Search Engine Optimization only refers to the content of your website. Basically, Sitemap files are the “bridge” between your website content and the database of major search engines. Sitemap files greatly facilitate access to your website information and enhance the accuracy of each crawling and indexing session. In other words, it always will be the content of your website which will define your ranking eligibility and nothing else!