14/09/2026
🗺️ 𝐀𝐧 𝐗𝐌𝐋 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐢𝐝—𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠.
A sitemap can help search engines find important URLs, but your key products and categories should still be reachable through meaningful, crawlable links.
During an SEO audit, check both sides:
✅ 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐩
- Is it accessible?
- Does it contain the preferred URLs?
- Is it aligned with the current catalog?
- Does it avoid unnecessary pages?
✅ 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠
- Can important products and categories actually be reached?
- Are any valuable pages effectively orphaned?
- Are old internal links still pointing to removed URLs?
And one more important distinction:
𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐔𝐑𝐋 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐩 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱𝐞𝐝.
For stores using PrestaHero SEO Audit, the module can generate a dynamic XML sitemap and split larger product catalogs across sitemap pages. Submission to Google Search Console remains
👉 See the complete audit guide: https://prestahero.com/help-center/seo-audit/344-prestashop-seo-audit-a-practical-guide