Making Github pages searchable

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I have made a github webpage using R studio that I'm more or less happy with. Yay! I used the following tutorial to make it. Trouble is I cannot seem to 'find' it when I google it (even though I know what I'm looking for).

StackExchange::Webmasters have suggested I may need to add a sitemap.xml.

Question: Do I really need a sitemap.xml? If so, how do I go about making one using R studio, and where does it belong in my github pages directory?

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Andrew Gray On

Google crawlers index the web 4 times a day (at least they used to, maybe more now). I see you last updated your repository a month ago.

If you search site:cpryan.github.io Google is supposed to return the pages it has indexed.

You can also claim your site on Google's WebMaster site (by putting a small file in your repo with a code Google give you) to see even more information about what Google has or maybe has not indexed.