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You need to raise the visibility of the sites. What should you do?

The correct answer is E. Enable the Search Engine Sitemap Site Collection feature for the site collection. SharePoint includes a built-in site collection feature that generates XML sitemaps to improve search engine crawlability and site visibility.

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You need to raise the visibility of the sites. What should you do?

Options

  • AEnable the Reports and Data Search feature for the site collection.
  • BCreate a custom timer job that generates the SiteMap.xml file in the root directory of the
  • CAdd a Script Editor Web Part to the landing page of the publishing site.
  • DIn Internet Information Services (IIS), enable the SiteMap ISAPI filter for the web application.
  • EEnable the Search Engine Sitemap Site Collection feature for the site collection.

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Why each option

SharePoint includes a built-in site collection feature that generates XML sitemaps to improve search engine crawlability and site visibility.

AEnable the Reports and Data Search feature for the site collection.

The Reports and Data Search feature is an analytics and internal search reporting tool, not a mechanism for generating sitemaps or improving external search engine indexing.

BCreate a custom timer job that generates the SiteMap.xml file in the root directory of the

Writing a custom timer job to generate SiteMap.xml introduces unnecessary complexity and maintenance overhead when SharePoint already provides a built-in feature for this exact purpose.

CAdd a Script Editor Web Part to the landing page of the publishing site.

A Script Editor Web Part adds client-side script to a single page and has no effect on sitemap generation or search engine discoverability at the site collection level.

DIn Internet Information Services (IIS), enable the SiteMap ISAPI filter for the web application.

IIS ISAPI filters operate at the web server level and are not used to create or serve SharePoint sitemaps; sitemap functionality in SharePoint is managed through site collection features, not IIS.

EEnable the Search Engine Sitemap Site Collection feature for the site collection.Correct

Enabling the 'Search Engine Sitemap' site collection feature instructs SharePoint to automatically generate and maintain a SiteMap.xml file at the site root, which search engine bots use to discover and index pages. This is the native, supported mechanism for improving SEO visibility on SharePoint publishing sites. No custom development or IIS configuration is required.

Concept tested: SharePoint Search Engine Sitemap site collection feature for SEO

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/technical-reference/site-collection-features

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#Search Engine Sitemap#SEO#site visibility#site collection features

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