Sitemap XML Generator

Generate a valid XML sitemap for your website in seconds. Add your URLs (or crawl your site) and this free tool builds a properly formatted sitemap.xml with last-modified dates, priority, and change frequency, ready to upload and submit to Google Search Console.

How to use the Sitemap XML Generator

1. Enter your website URL or paste your list of URLs.
2. Set priority and change frequency (optional).
3. Generate the sitemap.
4. Download sitemap.xml, upload it, and submit it in Search Console.

Why an XML sitemap matters

A sitemap gives search engines a clean list of the pages you want crawled and indexed, which is especially important for large sites, new sites, or pages with few internal links. Submitting a valid sitemap speeds up discovery and helps ensure nothing important is missed.

What a sitemap does and does not do

A sitemap helps discovery, it does not guarantee indexing, and it will not rescue thin or duplicate pages. Its real value is on large sites, new sites with few links, and sites where important pages are not well linked internally.

Include and exclude

List only canonical, indexable, 200-status URLs. Exclude redirects, noindexed pages, tag archives, parameter variants and paginated duplicates. A sitemap full of non-indexable URLs teaches crawlers to trust it less.

lastmod, changefreq and priority

Accurate lastmod is genuinely useful and Google does use it, but only when it reflects real content changes. changefreq and priority are effectively ignored by Google; they cost nothing and can still help other crawlers, so this tool includes them optionally.

Publishing it

1. Save the output as sitemap.xml at your domain root.
2. Add Sitemap: https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml to robots.txt, the robots.txt generator does this for you.
3. Submit it in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.
4. Split into multiple files once you pass 50,000 URLs or 50MB, and reference them from a sitemap index.

Key features

• Valid XML output
• lastmod, priority, changefreq
• Handles many URLs
• Download & submit ready
• Free

Frequently asked questions

Where do I put my sitemap?

Usually at yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml, then submit it in Search Console.

How many URLs per sitemap?

Up to 50,000 per file; use a sitemap index for more.

Do I need a sitemap?

It’s strongly recommended, especially for larger or newer sites.

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