What is XML sitemap?
Also known as XML sitemap.
An XML sitemap is a file listing a website's URLs so search engines can discover and index them efficiently. It doesn't guarantee ranking, but it helps Google and Bing find every important page (especially on large or new sites) and speeds up indexing of fresh content.
- List only canonical, indexable pages. Not redirects, error pages or noindex URLs.
- Place it at your site root (e.g. /sitemap.xml), reference it in robots.txt, and submit it in Search Console.
- Regenerate it as you add or remove pages so it stays accurate.
Tools for XML sitemap
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XML Sitemap Generator
Turn a list of URLs into a valid sitemap.xml with per-URL changefreq, priority and lastmod, validated against the 50,000-URL limit and ready to submit to Google. 100% in your browser.
Sitemap Validator
Paste your sitemap.xml and validate it instantly: well-formed XML, every <url> has a <loc>, the 50,000-URL limit, HTTPS locations and valid changefreq/priority. Catches the errors that make Google reject a sitemap. 100% in your browser.
Robots.txt Generator
Build a valid robots.txt with user-agent groups, allow/disallow rules, crawl-delay, sitemap and host directives, with live output, presets and lint warnings. 100% in your browser.
HTML Sitemap Generator
Turn a list of URLs into a clean, nested HTML sitemap page, a linkable <ul> tree grouped by path that you can paste straight into any site. Boosts internal linking and navigation. 100% in your browser.
XML sitemap problems we solve
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- My website needs an XML sitemapHelp Google find every page. Generate a valid XML sitemap, submit it in Search Console, and link it from robots.txt.
- I want to check my page's SEO and meta tagsSee your page the way Google and social platforms do, then fix the missing title, description or heading structure.
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- robots.txtrobots.txt is a plain-text file at a site's root that tells search-engine crawlers which URLs they may or may not crawl. It's used to keep crawlers out of admin, duplicate or low-value areas and to point them at the sitemap, but it controls crawling, not privacy.
- Structured data (Schema)Structured data is machine-readable markup (usually Schema.org JSON-LD) that describes a page's content to search engines. It makes a page eligible for rich results (FAQ drop-downs, star ratings, recipe cards, article listings) that stand out in search and can lift click-through.
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