Frequently asked questions
Is anything uploaded?
No. The sitemap is built in your browser from the URLs you paste, with nothing uploaded. It works offline once loaded.
Why do I have to paste the URLs myself?
A web page in your browser cannot crawl another website because of browser security, so you list the URLs you want included. Paste them one per line.
What do changefreq and priority do?
They hint how often a page changes and how important it is relative to your other pages. Search engines treat them as soft hints, and modern crawlers may largely ignore them, so they are optional.
Where do I put the sitemap?
Save it as sitemap.xml in your site root and add a Sitemap line to your robots.txt, then submit it in Google Search Console so it is discovered quickly.
Is there a limit on URLs?
A single sitemap can hold up to 50,000 URLs and should stay under 50 MB. For larger sites, split it into several sitemaps and list them in a sitemap index.