Generate a single-host XML sitemap for search-engine discovery. Paste paths or URLs, catch off-domain entries, and download a clean sitemap.xml starter.
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Sitemap Guide
What: An XML file that lists public pages you want search engines to discover.
Where: Upload to your domain root: yoursite.com/sitemap.xml
Submit to: Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools
Limit: Max 50,000 URLs or 50MB per sitemap. Use sitemap index for larger sites.
Priority Guide
1.0: Homepage
0.8: Main categories/sections
0.6: Product/service pages
0.5: Blog posts, articles
0.3: Archive, tag pages
0.1: Legal, privacy pages
Priority is optional and relative within your site. It is not a ranking boost.
robots.txt Entry
Add this to your robots.txt:
Sitemap: https://yoursite.com/sitemap.xml
Why Your Website Needs a Sitemap
An XML sitemap is a file that lists pages you want search engines to discover. Search engines can also discover pages by following links, so a sitemap is strongest when it complements clear internal linking and clean canonical URLs.
Google recommends sitemaps for large sites, new sites with few external links, sites with rich media, and sites whose pages are not well linked together. Smaller sites can still use a sitemap as a tidy discovery file, but it is not an indexing guarantee.
A sitemap must follow the Sitemap Protocol: one host per file, UTF-8 XML, a required <loc> for each URL, and no more than 50,000 URLs or 50MB uncompressed. Optional fields such as <changefreq> and <priority> are hints, and search engines may ignore them.
This generator omits <lastmod> because a useful last-modified date should reflect the page's actual modification date, not the moment the sitemap file was generated. Add <lastmod> only when your CMS or release process can provide accurate page dates.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many URLs can a sitemap contain?
A single sitemap file can contain up to 50,000 URLs and must not exceed 50MB uncompressed. For larger sites, create a sitemap index file that references multiple sitemap files. You can also gzip compress your sitemaps to reduce file size and bandwidth.
Does priority affect rankings?
No. Priority is optional and relative within your own site. It can document which URLs matter most to you, but it is not a search ranking boost.
SEO file check
Validate sitemap URLs before upload
Generate XML from a base URL and path list, then copy or download a `sitemap.xml` starter for search-engine discovery.
Static XML output
No crawler submission or live site scan is performed.
What to check
Methodology: normalize the base URL and path list, assign priority/changefreq defaults, then serialize valid XML sitemap entries.
Verify each URL returns a 200 status, has the intended canonical, is indexable, and is not blocked by robots.txt or noindex.
Upload only reviewed sitemap files and submit them through the relevant search-console property.
Limitations
Disclaimer: generator only, not a live crawler, SEO audit, indexation guarantee, or search-console submission.
Priority and change frequency are hints; search engines may ignore them.
Generated XML should be tested with your deployment URL, redirects, canonical rules, and robots policy.
Source/reference note: verify against current sitemaps.org, Google Search Central, Bing Webmaster, robots.txt, and canonical guidance before uploading.