XML Sitemap Generator

An XML sitemap is a file that lists the pages on your website you want search engines to find, in a standard format they read. It doesn't guarantee indexing, but it helps search engines discover pages, especially on new sites or pages with few links pointing to them.

No. It only formats the URLs you paste, so it works for sites behind a login or still in development, and nothing is sent anywhere. That also means you decide exactly which pages go in, rather than a crawler including pages you don't want listed.

Up to 50,000 URLs or 50 MB uncompressed per file. For more, split them into several sitemaps and list those in a sitemap index file. Most small business websites have far fewer pages, so a single sitemap is usually plenty. Compressed files are allowed too.

Google ignores both. They're optional and kept only for other search engines. An accurate lastmod date is more useful, so only add it if it's true; a lastmod that changes every day without real updates teaches search engines to ignore it. Leave them out if unsure.

Upload sitemap.xml to your site, add a Sitemap: line with its full address to robots.txt, and submit the address in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools. Then check the reports there over the following days for any errors. Resubmit after big changes. Both services are free.

Pages you want people to find from search: your homepage, service, product, location and article pages. Leave out thank-you pages, login pages, duplicate versions with tracking parameters and anything marked noindex. Every URL should be the final, canonical address. Quality beats quantity here. Only list pages that load properly.

Yes. Paste paths such as /services/ and the tool fills in your site address. The finished sitemap needs full URLs starting with https://, because search engines require complete addresses, and the tool takes care of that for you. Check the domain is right. Check the domain spelling.

Whenever you add, remove or move important pages. Many website builders and WordPress SEO plugins update their sitemaps automatically, so check whether yours does. A hand-made sitemap like this one needs regenerating whenever your page list changes. Regenerate after adding new pages. Resubmit it in Search Console afterwards.

No. The sitemap is built in your browser from the list you paste, and you download it. Your URLs stay private, which matters for sites that haven't launched or for listing pages you haven't announced. Nothing is stored, and you don't need an account. No account is needed.

Dates use the standard W3C format, such as 2026-10-24, which search engines expect. If you aren't sure when pages were last changed, leave dates out rather than guessing. Wrong dates are worse than none. The time part is optional, so a plain date like that is fine.

It isn't required, and search engines can find a small, well-linked site on their own. But a sitemap is quick to make, helps new pages get found sooner and gives you useful reports in Google Search Console, so it's worth having. It's quick to make.

Usually at the root of your site, such as https://example.com/sitemap.xml. It can live elsewhere, as long as its address is listed in robots.txt and submitted in Search Console, and it only lists URLs on the same site. The root is simplest. Then add its address to robots.txt.

Use the robots.txt and sitemap validator, which fetches your live sitemap and checks the XML, full URLs, duplicates, date formats and that URLs are on the same host. Google Search Console also reports problems after you submit it. Fix errors before resubmitting. Fix errors before resubmitting it.

Yes. Paste your URLs on your phone and download the sitemap. Uploading the file to your website is usually easier from a computer, through your hosting panel or website builder's file settings. Nothing is uploaded, and you don't need an app or an account to use it on your phone.

Yes. The XML sitemap generator is free, with no sign-up and no limit. It's part of a set of free SEO tools from Marketiism, including a robots.txt generator and a validator that checks both files on your live site. Nothing is added to the output, and business use is fine.