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Sitemap Generator
Paste your URLs and get a valid sitemap.xml. Duplicates are removed, malformed lines are reported rather than silently dropped, and anything over 50,000 URLs gets a sitemap index.
One per line. Lines that are not absolute http(s) URLs are skipped and listed below.
Applied to every URL.
Google ignores this.
Google ignores this too.
Valid URLs
4
Skipped
0
File size
473 B
sitemap.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url>
<loc>https://example.com/</loc>
<lastmod>2026-08-05</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://example.com/about</loc>
<lastmod>2026-08-05</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://example.com/pricing</loc>
<lastmod>2026-08-05</lastmod>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://example.com/blog</loc>
<lastmod>2026-08-05</lastmod>
</url>
</urlset>Sitemap: line and submit it in Search Console. A sitemap helps discovery — it does not guarantee indexing, and listing a page will not make Google index one it has judged low value.What belongs in a sitemap
A sitemap is a nomination list: these are the pages I want indexed. Every URL that does not meet that bar weakens the signal, so the filter is stricter than most people expect.
| URL type | Include? |
|---|---|
| Canonical page returning 200 | Yes |
| Page that canonicalises elsewhere | No — contradicts your own canonical |
| Redirecting URL (301/302) | No — list the destination instead |
| noindex page | No — directly self-contradictory |
| Paginated page 2, 3, 4… | Usually not worth it |
| URL blocked in robots.txt | No — you are asking and forbidding at once |
The last row is a genuinely common own-goal: a sitemap entry says please index this while robots.txt says you may not read this. Search Console reports it as a warning, and the URL usually ends up indexed with no description at all.
Related tools
- Robots.txt Generator — add the Sitemap: line that points here.
- Redirect Checker — find redirecting URLs before you list them by mistake.
- Canonical Checker — confirm a URL is the canonical one before including it.
Frequently asked questions
Do changefreq and priority do anything?
Not for Google. It has stated plainly that it ignores both — priority in particular, because every site sets its own pages to 1.0. Bing treats them as weak hints at most. They are part of the sitemap protocol so this tool can emit them, but leaving them out costs you nothing.
What are the size limits?
50,000 URLs and 50 MB uncompressed per file. Past either limit you need multiple sitemaps referenced by a sitemap index, which is itself capped at 50,000 sitemaps. This tool splits automatically and generates the index for you.
Does lastmod matter?
Yes — it is the one optional field Google says it uses, provided it is accurate and consistent. Setting every URL's lastmod to today on every deploy teaches Google to distrust the field, which loses you the benefit. Use the date the content actually changed.
Will a sitemap get my pages indexed?
It helps discovery, not indexing. A sitemap tells Google a URL exists, which matters for large sites or pages with few internal links. It does not persuade Google to index a page it considers thin or duplicate — those will show as 'Discovered – currently not indexed' regardless.
Can one sitemap list URLs from several domains?
Not normally. A sitemap may only contain URLs from the same host it is served from. Cross-submission is possible if you verify all the hosts in Search Console, but the simple answer is one sitemap per host.
Should I list non-canonical URLs?
No. A sitemap should contain only canonical, indexable, 200-status URLs. Including redirects, 404s or pages that canonicalise elsewhere sends a contradictory signal — you are nominating a page for indexing while your own tags say to ignore it.