Sitemap Generator

How to Use the Free Client-Side Sitemap Generator

A valid XML sitemap is one of the fastest ways to help search engines find your pages, but hand-writing the XML for hundreds of URLs is error-prone and tedious. This generator builds the entire file for you from a simple list.

1. Paste your website URLs, one per line, optionally adding priority and changefreq values for each.
2. Configure the defaults, including priority, changefreq, and whether to include lastmod dates across all URLs.
3. Click Generate to produce a valid XML sitemap that follows the sitemaps.org schema.
4. Download the XML file or copy the sitemap XML directly for submission to search consoles.

When to Use Sitemap Generator

The sitemap is the first thing many crawlers read, so it matters most at two moments: right after launching a new website and every time you add a meaningful content section. The tool covers exactly those situations, helping you generate a sitemap after launch so search engines discover pages, update the sitemap when new content sections or blog posts appear, and create separate sitemaps for different content types such as products and articles.

Bulk URL input accepts up to 50,000 URLs at once, which suits large catalogs and blogs alike. Validation against the sitemaps.org schema catches structural problems before you submit, and the lastmod feature lets you auto-generate dates or specify custom values per URL so search engines know what changed recently.

Sitemap Generator Tips and Best Practices

1. Reserve priority 1.0 for your most important pages. If every URL carries the same top priority, search engines cannot tell what matters, so keep 1.0 for the homepage and a few critical pages.
2. Only include canonical URLs. Duplicate pages, paginated URLs, and parameter-based variants belong out of the sitemap unless they are the canonical version.
3. Keep sitemaps under the limits Google supports, roughly 50MB or 50,000 URLs per file. For larger sites, split into a sitemap index file.
4. Do not treat changefreq as a ranking lever. It is a valid sitemaps.org attribute, but Google largely ignores it, so spend your effort on priority and lastmod accuracy.

Why Client-Side Privacy Matters for Submitting a Site's Full URL Inventory for Indexing

Your sitemap is effectively a complete inventory of your website's URLs, including every product page, blog post, and content section you have built. Handing that list to an online service reveals the full scale and structure of your site, data a competitor could exploit for content research.

This generator works entirely in your browser, so your URL list never leaves your device. You can build and submit sitemaps without anyone else ever seeing the inventory you are publishing.