Sitemaps: your site's table of contents
A sitemap is a file that lists every page on your website, so search engines can find and index them efficiently. You can generate and manage your sitemapes through the domain in Alvéya. Follow this article for setting up the sitemap
💡 If you've just published a brand new page and want it discovered faster, you can manually request indexing through Google Search Console, once your site is connected to it.
Indexing: controlling what Google can see
Not every page belongs in search results — think thank-you pages, internal drafts, or private booking confirmations. You control this with the "noindex" custom meta tag covered in the "Page titles, meta descriptions & custom meta tags" lesson.
As a general rule: if a page is meant for the public and genuinely useful to someone searching, leave it indexable. If it's a step in a private flow, keep it out of the index.
Page speed: why it matters for SEO
A slow-loading page loses both visitors and search ranking — Google factors load speed into how it ranks pages, and people simply leave slow sites before they finish loading.
Keep images reasonably sized before uploading them — very large image files are the most common cause of a slow page.
Avoid stacking too many heavy elements (videos, embeds, animations) on a single page.
Alvéya's website and funnel builder is built for speed by default — most of the work here is simply not overloading a page with unnecessary media.
⚠️ If a page feels slow to you while editing, it will likely feel slower still to a visitor on mobile data. When in doubt, simplify.