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It would be useful if ikiwiki was able to create [google sitemap][1] files to allow easy indexing. 

[1]: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/docs/en/protocol.html

> 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]]