XML Sitemap Generator

Create an XML sitemap for your website with our free generator.

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Our XML Sitemap Generator is designed to create a XML sitemap for your website. 

Simply input your site's URL, including the correct schema (http or https), into the designated field. Then, click the "Generate Sitemap" button. Our tool will crawl your site, presenting the resulting "sitemap.xml" file. You can download the file to your device with the help of the “Download Sitemap” button.

Crawling Limitations:

Generating a sitemap for a site with many pages may take some time. Please be patient during the crawling process. Due to resource constraints, the tool will crawl only up to 250 pages of your website. This is sufficient for most small to medium-sized sites. Furthermore, the tool has a usage limit of 3 sitemaps per day per user.

Sitemap Overview

An XML sitemap serves as a roadmap for search engine bots, guiding them through the structure of your website. It lists URLs along with additional metadata, helping search engines understand the hierarchy and priority of your content. A sitemap can be especially useful if your site is new and has few external links to it.

A sitemap is a structured document adhering to the XML standard and containing essential information about your website's pages, such as last modification date, frequency of updates, and priority.

Sitemap.xml Example:

‹?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?›
‹urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"›
   ‹url›
        ‹loc›https://webtoolscentral.com/‹/loc›
        ‹lastmod›2023-12-23T10:03:42-05:00‹/lastmod›
        daily
        ‹priority›0.8‹/priority›
   ‹/url›
   ‹!-- Additional URLs go here --›
‹/urlset›

Where:

  • ‹loc›: URL of the page.
  • ‹lastmod›: Date of last modification.
  • ‹changefreq›: Expected frequency of changes.
  • ‹priority›: Priority of the page relative to other pages on the site.

Once you've generated your XML sitemap using our tool, place the file in the root directory of your website:  
https://www.example.com/sitemap.xml

To streamline the indexing process of your website on major search engines like Google and Bing, submit your sitemap URL through their respective webmaster tools. In addition, indicate the sitemap location in your site's robots.txt file by adding a line similar to this:
Sitemap: https://www.example.com/sitemap.xml