Human-readable Sitemap page (for users and SEO)
Create a page /sitemap that lists major site sections and key links. Example content:
Sitemap — The Aso Rock
- Home — https://asorock.com/
- Presidency Watch — https://asorock.com/presidency-watch/
- National Assembly — https://asorock.com/national-assembly/
- Governance & Policy — https://asorock.com/governance/
- Economy & Business — https://asorock.com/economy/
- Security & Defence — https://asorock.com/security/
- Opinion & Analysis — https://asorock.com/opinion/
- About — https://asorock.com/about/
- Editorial Policy — https://asorock.com/editorial-policy/
- Careers — https://asorock.com/careers/
- Contact — https://asorock.com/contact/
- RSS feeds — https://asorock.com/feed/ and per-section feeds
XML News Sitemap (submit to Search Console)
Create news-sitemap.xml and add to Search Console. Example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9">
<url>
<loc>https://asorock.com/2025/10/01/sample-article</loc>
<news:news>
<news:publication>
<news:name>The Aso Rock</news:name>
<news:language>en</news:language>
</news:publication>
<news:publication_date>2025-10-01T07:00:00Z</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Sample Article Title</news:title>
</news:news>
</url>
<!-- Repeat for recent news articles (Google recommends listing only new/recent content) -->
</urlset>
Notes
- Update the XML news sitemap frequently and include only fresh news items (Google News best practice).
- Also maintain a standard sitemap.xml for all site URLs.
