Sitemap Generator
Generate and validate sitemap.xml files
URL List
For bulk input, change frequency is set to "weekly" and priority to "0.5"
Generated Sitemap
Sitemap Validation
Some sitemaps may not be retrievable due to CORS policy
Issues Found
What is a Sitemap?
A Sitemap is an XML file that provides information about a website's pages, videos, and other files and their relationships. Search engines like Google and Bing read this file to crawl the site more efficiently. Sitemaps play a crucial role in SEO, especially for new sites, large sites, or sites with few external links.
Key Sitemap Elements
- <loc>: The URL of the page. Required and must include the protocol (http/https).
- <lastmod>: The date the page was last modified. Uses W3C Datetime format (YYYY-MM-DD).
- <changefreq>: The change frequency of the page. This is a hint for search engines and is not always followed.
- <priority>: Relative priority compared to other URLs on the site (0.0-1.0). Default is 0.5.
Frequently Asked Questions
A single sitemap file can contain up to 50,000 URLs, and the file size cannot exceed 50MB uncompressed. If you have more URLs, you can use a sitemap index file to link multiple sitemaps.
Sitemaps are typically placed in the root directory of a website (e.g., https://example.com/sitemap.xml). Specifying the sitemap location in the robots.txt file allows search engines to find it automatically. You can also submit it directly through Google Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools.
It is recommended to update the sitemap whenever your site's content changes. Update the lastmod date in the sitemap when adding new pages or making significant changes to existing ones. If using a CMS, auto-generation plugins are convenient.