XML Sitemap Generator
SEO & Meta Tools
Create XML sitemaps to help search engines discover and index your website's pages. Set priorities, change frequencies, and export valid sitemap.xml files.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url>
<loc>https://example.com/</loc>
<lastmod>2026-01-08</lastmod>
<changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
<priority>1.0</priority>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://example.com/about</loc>
<lastmod>2026-01-08</lastmod>
<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
<priority>0.8</priority>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://example.com/contact</loc>
<lastmod>2026-01-08</lastmod>
<changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
<priority>0.5</priority>
</url>
</urlset><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<sitemap>
<loc>https://example.com/sitemap.xml</loc>
<lastmod>2026-01-08</lastmod>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex>Sitemap Guidelines
- •Maximum 50,000 URLs per sitemap file
- •Maximum file size: 50MB (uncompressed)
- •Use sitemap index for larger sites
- •Submit to Google Search Console
- •Reference sitemap in robots.txt
Priority Guidelines
URL Management
Add individual URLs or bulk import from a list. Set last modified dates for each page.
SEO Optimization
Set priority and change frequency to guide crawlers to your most important content.
Valid XML
Generate properly formatted XML that meets the sitemap protocol specification.
How to Use Your Sitemap
- 1
Generate Sitemap
Add your URLs and configure priorities. Download the sitemap.xml file.
- 2
Upload to Root
Place the file in your website's root directory (e.g., example.com/sitemap.xml).
- 3
Add to robots.txt
Reference your sitemap in robots.txt:
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml - 4
Submit to Search Engines
Submit your sitemap URL in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.
Change Frequency Guide
Always/Hourly
Live data feeds, stock prices, breaking news
Daily
Active blogs, forums, news sites
Weekly
Regularly updated content, category pages
Monthly
Standard pages, about, contact, services
Yearly
Archive pages, old blog posts
Never
Static documents, PDFs, historical content