Sitemap Generator
Generate an XML sitemap.
Sitemap Generator at a glance
Sitemap Generator is a free online seo tool you can use right now to generate an XML sitemap โ no account, no install and no usage limit. It runs entirely inside your browser, so whatever you enter stays on your own device.
- Price
- Free โ no trial, no paid tier, no watermark
- Sign-up
- Not required
- Where it runs
- In your browser โ nothing is uploaded to a server
- Works on
- Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge โ desktop, tablet and phone
- Category
- SEO Tools
About Sitemap Generator
Enter your URLs and generate a valid XML sitemap ready to upload and submit to Search Console.
A sitemap helps search engines discover pages; it does not guarantee any of them will be indexed. That distinction matters because it explains the most common disappointment โ submitting a sitemap and finding that coverage barely changed. Google treats a sitemap as a hint about what exists, then decides independently what is worth crawling and keeping.
This means quality beats completeness, particularly on a newer site with limited crawl budget. A sitemap listing every URL including thin, near-duplicate and templated pages spreads that budget across low-value content, and Google may sample it, index little and slow its crawling of everything else. A smaller sitemap of genuinely distinct, substantial pages is crawled sooner and judged better. Excluded pages can stay live and internally linked โ they simply are not being put forward.
Two consistency rules avoid confusing signals. Every URL in a sitemap should be canonical, indexable and return a 200 โ listing a page that redirects, 404s or carries a noindex tag sends contradictory instructions. And lastmod should be honest: setting every page's date to today on each build is ignored once Google notices the dates do not correspond to real changes.
How to use Sitemap Generator
- Add the URLs you want to submit, one per line.
- Set last-modified dates, change frequency and priority where useful.
- Copy or download the XML, upload it to your site root, and submit it in Search Console.
Frequently asked questions
Will a sitemap get my pages indexed?
No. It helps search engines discover URLs; indexing remains their decision based on the page's quality and your site's authority. A sitemap is a hint, not an instruction.
Should I include every page?
No โ include the pages you genuinely want ranked. Listing thin or near-duplicate pages spreads limited crawl budget across low-value content. A smaller sitemap of substantial pages is crawled sooner and judged better.
Do changefreq and priority actually do anything?
Very little. Google has said it largely ignores both, since they are self-reported and widely abused. lastmod is used when it is accurate; a build that stamps today's date on everything gets discounted.
How many URLs can a sitemap hold?
50,000 URLs or 50 MB uncompressed, whichever comes first. Beyond that, split into several sitemaps and reference them from a sitemap index file.