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It would be useful if ikiwiki was able to create google sitemap files to allow easy indexing.

Sitemaps are particularly beneficial when users can't reach all areas of a website through a browseable interface. (Generally, this is when users are unable to reach certain pages or regions of a site by following links). For example, any site where certain pages are only accessible via a search form would benefit from creating a Sitemap and submitting it to search engines.

What I don't get is exactly how ikiwiki, as a static wiki that's quite deeply hyperlinked, benefits from a sitemap. The orphans plugin can produce a map of pages that other pages do not link to, if you're worried about having such pages not found by web spiders.

--[[Joey]]