Technical SEO7 minUpdated 2026

XML Sitemap Guide: what to include and how to submit

An XML sitemap helps search engines discover important URLs, especially when a site grows or has pages that are hard to find through internal links.

Which URLs to include

Include useful, canonical and indexable pages. Avoid test pages, duplicated URLs, blocked pages and noindex pages.

Useful fields

loc: canonical full URL.
lastmod: real last modified date.
changefreq: optional change frequency hint.
priority: relative priority, not a command.

<url>
  <loc>https://example.com/page</loc>
  <lastmod>2026-04-25</lastmod>
</url>

Generate a sitemap

Paste one URL per line and create XML.

Open Sitemap Generator