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title: "XML Sitemaps and Robots.txt: A Beginner’s Guide"
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slug: "xml-sitemap-robots-txt-guide"
published_at: "2026-08-18T18:47:38+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-08-18T18:52:34+00:00"
url: "https://nizwassolutions.com/xml-sitemap-robots-txt-guide/"
markdown_url: "https://nizwassolutions.com/xml-sitemap-robots-txt-guide.md"
excerpt: "If you’re new to technical SEO, two files you’ll encounter very quickly are sitemap.xml and robots.txt. They look simple. One is an XML file containing URLs. The other is a small text file containing crawler instructions. But these files can..."
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  - "SEO"
  - "Web Design"
  - "Website Performance"
---

### [XML Sitemaps and Robots.txt: A Beginner’s Guide](https://nizwassolutions.com/xml-sitemap-robots-txt-guide/)