XML Sitemap Generator — Help Search Engines Find Your Pages
An XML sitemap lists all the important pages on your site, helping search engines discover and index your content efficiently.
While search engines can discover pages by following links, an XML sitemap explicitly tells them which URLs exist on your site, when they were last updated, and how important they are relative to each other — especially valuable for new sites, large sites, or pages that aren't well-linked internally.
Our Sitemap Generator lets you input a list of URLs and produces a properly formatted XML sitemap file ready to upload to your site and submit to search engines.
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- Open the Sitemap Generator tool.
- Enter the URLs of the pages you want included in the sitemap, one per line.
- Optionally set priority and last-modified values for each URL.
- Click Generate to produce the XML sitemap.
- Save the output as sitemap.xml, upload it to your site's root directory, and submit it via Google Search Console.
Common Use Cases
- Creating an initial sitemap for a newly launched website.
- Updating a sitemap after adding new pages or blog posts.
- Generating a sitemap for a static site that doesn't have a CMS plugin to do it automatically.
- Listing priority pages to help search engines understand site structure.
- Preparing a sitemap reference file before submitting to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does having a sitemap guarantee my pages get indexed?
No, a sitemap helps search engines discover your URLs, but indexing still depends on factors like content quality, crawlability, and whether the page is blocked by robots.txt or noindex tags.
Where should I place my sitemap file?
Typically at the root of your domain, e.g., https://yoursite.com/sitemap.xml — this location should also be referenced in your robots.txt file.
How often should I update my sitemap?
Update it whenever you add, remove, or significantly change important pages — many CMS platforms regenerate sitemaps automatically, but for static sites, periodic manual updates are needed.
Is there a limit to how many URLs a sitemap can contain?
The XML sitemap protocol allows up to 50,000 URLs per sitemap file (and a maximum file size, typically 50MB uncompressed) — larger sites use multiple sitemap files referenced by a sitemap index file.
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