How to create Sitemaps for a website

thanks a lot

 

If your website is in wordpress, dynamic xml sitemap file is beneficial for your website. it's updated automatically.

Or use
https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/
smallseotools.com/xml-sitemap-generator/
https://xmlsitemapgenerator.org/

tool for create static xml sitemap.

 

These websites above help you create sitemap for those site that are not based in Wordpress CMS, if you're using Wordpress, you can use plugin called Yoast SEO to help you do that. It's totally automatically and save you time on doing it.

 

Yes... it depends on which platform you are using. Basically there are 2 types of sitemap. HTML and XML....
HTML you can simply create by adding all pages in hierarchy with hyperlinks. For XML sitemap ... there are various sitemap generators available online.

Sitemap is an important thing .. so it is necessary to place all major URLs in it.

 

Just to allude to some of the great points already share here. If you are using Wordpress, then you can follow this 3, straightforward steps:

1. Instal Yoast Plugin onto your website
2. Configure the Plugin
3. Inform Google of your sitemap URL (you can do this through your Google webmaster tools)

Good luck

 

The best way to install Screaming Frog, for free version you can generate sitemap upto 500 pages, & paid version don't have the limits.
But in case of multi-lingual sites you need to do it either manually or search any tool.

 

Hi,

You can create a sitemap from the online tool https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/ else if website is creating on WordPress CMS then you can use plugin to create the sitemap.

 

In WordPress website, you can install Yoast SEO plugin. It automatically generates sitemap.
If your website is built on other formats then you can use tool to generate it.

 

Yes if you have word press site then you can use plugin to generate a sitemap either you can build manually.

 

Not true. My website of over 9000 pages did not have a sitemap for 10 years, yet my search ranking was consistently on the first page of the search results. Now at 11000 pages with a sitemap and still consistently on the first page.

 

Three ways:

1) Hand code it yourself in your favorite text editor
2) Use a ready made generator
3) Write your own generator

I chose #3 when I decided to use a sitemap.

 

Did you write an app or manual coding your own xml file?

 

I did #3 as noted above.

Here is most of the code I wrote to do the job:

*******************
*
*  Generate XML site map
*
*******************
*
*  GLOBALS USED:
*
*******************
*
*  CALLed by:
*    GWEBFAM.PRG
*
*******************

PARAMETERS qDest
PRIVATE ALL LIKE z*

zrand = INT(10 * RAND())
zsort = 'vlastmod'
zding = 'D'

DO CASE
CASE zrand = 0
  zsort = 'vmaplen'
  zding = 'A'
CASE zrand = 1
  zsort = 'vmaplen'
  zding = 'D'
CASE zrand = 2
  zsort = 'vurl'
  zding = 'A'
CASE zrand = 3
  zsort = 'vurl'
  zding = 'D'
CASE zrand = 4
  zsort = 'xmodmfr'
  zding = 'A'
CASE zrand = 5
  zsort = 'xmodmfr'
  zding = 'D'
CASE zrand = 6
  zsort = 'xmfrmod'
  zding = 'A'
CASE zrand = 7
  zsort = 'xmfrmod'
  zding = 'D'
CASE zrand = 8
  zsort = 'xmodurl'
  zding = 'A'
CASE zrand = 9
  zsort = 'xmodurl'
  zding = 'D'
ENDCASE

zdim = 7

DIMENSION za[zdim]
za[1] = 'vurl'
za[2] = 'vlastmod'
za[3] = 'vmaplen'
za[4] = 'xmodmfr'
za[5] = 'xmodurl'
za[6] = 'xmfrmod'
za[7] = 'xmfrurl'

zrand = INT(zdim * RAND()) + 1
zsort = za[zrand]
RELEASE za

zrand = INT(2 * RAND())

zding = IIF(EMPTY(zrand), 'D', 'A')

= TORDER(gpSitemap, zsort, zding)

zdestpath = qDest
zdesthandle = LLCREATE(qDest)

SET TEXTMERGE ON
STORE zdesthandle TO _TEXT

WAIT CLEAR
WAIT WINDOW 'Now generating SITEMAP - ' + zsort + ' - ' + zding NOWAIT

= H_MAPHEAD(zdesthandle)

SCAN
  = H_MAPROW(zdesthandle)          &&  Write one sitemap row
ENDSCAN

\</urlset>
= FFLUSH(zdesthandle)
SET TEXTMERGE OFF

= H_CLOSE(zdesthandle, zdestpath, 'xml')    &&  Close HTML file

WAIT CLEAR

USE

RETURN

Code (markup):

*******************
*
*  Generate XML for one row in sitemap
*
*******************
*
*  SYNTAX:
*    = H_MAPROW(Destination Handle)
*
*******************
*
*  CALLed by:
*    G_CATMAP.PRG
*
*******************

PARAMETERS qDest

\<url>
\  <loc><<gBaseHref>><<ALLTRIM(vurl)>></loc>
\  <lastmod><<vlastmod>></lastmod>
\</url>

= FFLUSH(qDest)

RETURN

Code (markup):

 

Depending on how many page your site has, most site map generators set a limit of 500 pages and then will charge you. If you are going to do SEO for clients for real, get A1 Sitemap Generator (costs). I've been using it for 5 years and the online reporting you also receive will find broken links, what it is linked to, etc. It will also create the 7 types of sitemaps currently being used including a mobile xml sitemap format.

If you are using Wordpress, Yoast adds to much junk and creates errors. Just use A1 and use FTP to added the xml sitemap at the same level as the index.php file.

 

There are many web apps available online to create sitemap use the query "create sitemaponline " , you will find many web apps for free.

 

Its depend what platform you are using. Generally there are 2 types of sitemap. HTML sitemap and XML sitemap. HTML you can basically make by including all pages in pecking order with hyperlinks and it is helpful for user to navigate. Many free XML sitemap generators are accessible on the web and generally XML sitemap is for search engine bots, which makes XML sitemap an important part of a website from SEO point of view.

 

I always use special plugins for sitemap creation. For example, Yoast SEO plugin for Wordpress sites. But recently I have noticed one problem. I can`t delete some URLs I don`t want to be present in my sitemap (such URLs which leads to /login form etc). So, I can delete only that URLs which are in the Wordpress admin dashboard.

 

You have two choices here.

One, use a different sitemap generator that allows you to bypass unwanted URLs in your sitemap

Two, after you generate your site map, open it in a simple text editing program, delete the unwanted URLs, then save the sitemap

 

The issue is not how to create it. That's easy enough using some of the methods listed above . Your issue will be keeping it updated. You do not want to have to go and generate a new one from the web manually once a day.

Hopefully you are using wordpress. Just Google sitemap WordPress. I use Yost SEO.

 

Thanks for your advice.