Small sites with good internal links are found without one, but a sitemap helps new sites, large sites and pages with few links pointing to them. It costs nothing and Search Console reports on it.

What should be in my sitemap?

Only the pages you want in search: the final https address of each, no redirects, no pages blocked by robots.txt or marked noindex, and no duplicates.

Why are there no priority or changefreq tags?

Google ignores both. It uses lastmod if the date is accurate, so only add it when your pages really changed.

How do I submit it to Google?

Upload sitemap.xml to your site's main folder, so it opens at yoursite.com/sitemap.xml. Then in Google Search Console go to Sitemaps, enter sitemap.xml and submit. Add the Sitemap line to robots.txt too.

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Turn a list of pages into a sitemap.xml

Paste your page addresses, or paths plus your domain. Get a valid sitemap.xml with duplicates and other-site links removed, ready to upload and submit to Google Search Console.

What you get

Valid sitemap.xml, ready to upload
Duplicates and wrong-site URLs removed
The robots.txt line to go with it

Controlling which bots can crawl you? Use the robots.txt builder.

Website address (optional)Fill this in to paste paths like /about/ instead of full URLs.Pages, one per lineAdd today’s date as last modified

sitemap.xml (0 URLs)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
</urlset>

Upload sitemap.xml to your site’s main folder, then submit it in Google Search Console under Sitemaps. Blocking AI crawlers too? Use the robots.txt builder. Nothing you paste is uploaded.

Sitemaps, briefly

A sitemap does not rank you. It makes sure Google finds you.

Google discovers most pages through links, but a sitemap lists the pages you want found, including new ones nothing links to yet. Keep it to real, indexable pages: no redirects, no error pages, no duplicates.

Do I need a sitemap?: Small sites with good internal links are found without one, but a sitemap helps new sites, large sites and pages with few links pointing to them. It costs nothing and Search Console reports on it.
What should be in my sitemap?: Only the pages you want in search: the final https address of each, no redirects, no pages blocked by robots.txt or marked noindex, and no duplicates.
Why are there no priority or changefreq tags?: Google ignores both. It uses lastmod if the date is accurate, so only add it when your pages really changed.
How do I submit it to Google?: Upload sitemap.xml to your site's main folder, so it opens at yoursite.com/sitemap.xml. Then in Google Search Console go to Sitemaps, enter sitemap.xml and submit. Add the Sitemap line to robots.txt too.
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