XML Sitemap Generator: a practical guide
Build an escaped XML sitemap from a list of absolute page URLs.
Open XML Sitemap GeneratorWhen this is useful
An XML sitemap lists the canonical pages you want search engines to discover. It is especially useful for a new collection or pages with fewer incoming links. It is a discovery hint, not a guarantee of crawling, indexing, or ranking.
A reliable workflow
Paste absolute HTTP or HTTPS URLs, one per line. The tool removes duplicates and fragments, validates schemes, and escapes special XML characters such as ampersands. It generates a standard urlset rather than fetching or crawling those URLs.
Example input: https://example.com/ https://example.com/about
What to check before you finish
Include only public, indexable pages that return useful content. Do not populate a lastmod field with a fresh date on every build unless the page meaningfully changed. After publishing the file, reference it from robots.txt and submit it to the search engine’s webmaster console.
Keep the next step simple
Open the XML Sitemap Generator above to try the workflow. Your input is processed in your browser, without an account or file uploads. The related tools below can help with the next step; check the output before publishing it or adding it to a production system.