A sitemap hands search engines a tidy list of the pages you want indexed. This generator builds a standards-compliant XML sitemap in your browser from the URLs you provide: paste your page addresses, set the options once, and download a sitemap.xml file that follows the official protocol and is ready to upload to your site.
What the Generator Adds for You
Each URL is wrapped in the correct XML structure and escaped properly, which removes the syntax mistakes that hand-written sitemaps often contain. You choose a default change frequency and priority, and can include a last-modified date, applied sensibly across the entries. The tool counts your URLs and keeps you within the protocol limits — a single sitemap file may hold up to 50,000 URLs — and reminds you that the finished file belongs at your site root, referenced from robots.txt and submitted in your search console.
How to Generate a Sitemap
- Gather the full URLs of your pages, one per line.
- Paste them into the input box and remove any duplicates.
- Set the change frequency and priority for the set.
- Optionally add the last-modified date for the pages.
- Generate the file, download sitemap.xml, and upload it to your site.
Keeping Your Sitemap Useful
- Regenerate it after adding or removing important pages.
- Only list canonical URLs that return a proper 200 response.
- Reference the sitemap in robots.txt and your search console.
- Split very large sites into several sitemaps under the limit.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a sitemap guarantee my pages will be indexed?
No. It helps search engines discover your pages, but indexing still depends on the quality and crawlability of the pages themselves.
Can this tool crawl my website for me?
No — crawling needs server access. This generator builds the file from the URLs you paste, which also guarantees only the pages you choose are listed.
Where should the file live?
At the root of your domain, for example yoursite.com/sitemap.xml, so search engines can find and read it easily.