How to Use This Sitemap Generator
- Enter your URLs - Paste your website URLs (one per line) or use the example to see how it works.
- Configure options - Select sitemap type (XML or text) and set optional parameters like change frequency and priority.
- Generate your sitemap - Click the generate button to create your sitemap file.
- Review and download - Check the generated sitemap and download it or copy to clipboard.
- Submit to search engines - Upload the sitemap to your website and submit it to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.
Why Sitemaps Are Important
Sitemaps help search engines discover and index your content more effectively:
- Improve search engine crawling of your site
- Ensure all important pages are indexed
- Provide metadata about your pages (last updated, importance, change frequency)
- Help with large or complex sites that are hard to crawl
- Essential for new websites with few external links
Best Practices
- Include all important pages but exclude duplicate or low-quality content
- Keep your sitemap under 50MB (split into multiple sitemaps if needed)
- Update your sitemap when you add new content
- Submit your sitemap through Google Search Console and other webmaster tools
- Place your sitemap at /sitemap.xml for easy discovery