How to use it
From URLs: paste your page addresses, one per line, and optionally set the date they last changed.
From a folder: enter your site's address and drop the folder you deploy. Each HTML file becomes the address it's served at, with the file's last-modified date. Only names and dates are read; no file is opened or uploaded.
Then copy or download sitemap.xml, put it at the root of your site, and add a Sitemap: line to your robots.txt.
How files become addresses
The folder option follows how Lobsite serves pages, which matches most static hosts:
| File | Address |
|---|---|
index.html |
/ |
about.html |
/about |
docs/index.html |
/docs/ |
docs/setup.html |
/docs/setup |
404.html and 200.html aren't pages, so they're left out, as is anything that isn't HTML.
What matters in a sitemap
locis the only required field: the full address of a page you want in search results.lastmodis the one hint Google uses, when it's accurate. Set it to when the content last changed, not to today on every build.changefreqandpriorityare ignored by Google, so the generator leaves them out.- One file holds up to 50,000 URLs and 50 MB. Larger sites split them and list the parts in a sitemap index.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a sitemap?
Small sites with good links between pages get crawled fine without one. A sitemap helps with new sites, large sites, and pages few other pages link to, and it's cheap to add.
Where do I submit it?
Add Sitemap: https://your-site/sitemap.xml to robots.txt, which every major search engine reads. You can also submit it in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.
Should every URL be listed?
Only pages you want in search results: not redirects, not pages marked noindex, and one address per page (the canonical one).
Is anything uploaded?
No. URLs are processed and folders are listed in your browser.