<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"> <url> <loc>https://example.com/</loc> <lastmod>2026-08-30</lastmod> <changefreq>weekly</changefreq> <priority>0.8</priority> </url> <url> <loc>https://example.com/about</loc> <lastmod>2026-08-30</lastmod> <changefreq>weekly</changefreq> <priority>0.8</priority> </url> <url> <loc>https://example.com/contact</loc> <lastmod>2026-08-30</lastmod> <changefreq>weekly</changefreq> <priority>0.8</priority> </url> </urlset>

What is an XML sitemap?

An XML sitemap is a machine-readable file that lists every URL on your website you want search engines to crawl and index. Google, Bing and other crawlers use it as a discovery shortcut — especially for larger sites, new domains, or pages with few internal links.

How to use this generator

Paste your list of URLs (one per line) into the input.
Optionally set changefreq (how often the page changes) and priority (0.0–1.0).
Click generate and copy or download the resulting sitemap.xml.
Upload it to the root of your domain (e.g. https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml).
Submit it in Google Search Console and reference it in your robots.txt.

Best practices

Keep each sitemap under 50MB and 50,000 URLs — use a sitemap index for larger sites.
Only include canonical, indexable URLs (200 status, not noindex, not blocked in robots.txt).
Update the sitemap when you publish, unpublish, or significantly change pages.

Related tools & guides

Robots.txt Generator — control which crawlers see your sitemap
Canonical Tag Generator — signal the preferred URL for duplicates
JSON-LD Schema Generator — add structured data to indexed pages
SEO learn hub — deeper guides on technical SEO

FAQs

Do I need a sitemap if my site is small?

Not strictly, but it never hurts. Sitemaps speed up discovery of new pages and help search engines understand your site structure.

Where should I put my sitemap?

At the root of your domain, and referenced in robots.txt with a Sitemap: directive.

XML Sitemap Generator