Greetings Google Researchers.   When visiting around the internet I
frequently find well-organized sites which have what is referred to as
a "Site Map."    This feature often allows me to find information I'm
looking for without clicking through a bunch of pages I don't really
care about.   My question is:   Is there a way to add something to a
URL which will bring up something like a "Site Map" even when one is
not readily apparent?   I am assuming that I know the URL for the
primary page of the website.

Dear seattle-ga
On Google there are two ways of doing this. Results will often vary
depending on the design of the web site. Fortunately most sites, if
the have a site map, will call the file just that.

Google allows you to restrict your search to a specified site. By
entering the following in the Google search box you are specifying the
words 'site map', found together, only on the site www.google.com.:
"site map" site:www.google.com 
If this is unclear click on this and you’ll see the search in action:
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_qdr=all&q=+%22site+map%22+site%3Awww.google.com&btnG=Google+Search

On the Google site the links to the site map are in the form of html
in the navigation of each page. On some sites navigation is by images
which Google does not index. However, the searches will still allow
you to identify the correct page as it has been given file name: site
map.
"site map" site:www.historyhouse.co.uk
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&as_qdr=all&q=+%22site+map%22+site%3Awww.historyhouse.co.uk&btnG=Google+Search

A slightly different approach is from the Google main search page
click 'Advanced Search'. Type in the box 'with the exact phrase': site
map
and type in the box 'return results from the site or domain' the url
of the site.

Of course you can use this facility to find any search term on a
particular site. Just change your search term.

I hope this assists you. Please do not hesitate to ask for
clarification of any part of this research, or if the links do not
work, before rating the answer.

answerfinder-ga

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Clarification of Answer by answerfinder-ga on 19 Nov 2002 11:47 PST

I should add there is nothing you can 'add' to the url in the address
bar unless you want to gamble that the site has a site map which is a
html file (or any other suffix) in the same directory and called site
map. Then you could try www.sitename.com/sitemap.html or
www.sitename.com/site_map.html.
answerfinder-ga

Hello answerfinder!   Thank you for the fast answer.   Actually, the
clarification you gave was all I originally sought.   Now, your main
answer is extra gravy!   Thank you again!