How to generate a sitemap and submit to search engines for SEO

Case



When running SEO optimization and website re-design, it is crucial to have an updated website sitemap. A sitemap is an text file which provides a hierarchy of all site static pages and resources in such a way that they can be read and consumed by search engine crawler bots.



Sitemaps can support the following formats:



- XML

- RSS, mRSS, and Atom 1.0

- Text



Solution



The following solutions are available for automatically creating a website sitemap:



- https://www.mysitemapgenerator.com/

- https://xmlsitemapgenerator.org/

- https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/

- https://www.sitemapgenie.com

Ensure that you submit your sitemap to all major search engines including the following:



- https://google.com and the Google Search Console

- https://bing.com

- https://baidu.com

- https://www.baiduinenglish.com/

- https://qmamu.com/

- https://yandex.com/

- https://metager.org/

- https://duckduckgo.com/

- https://docs.searxng.org/

- https://startpage.com/

Refer to the following articles on how to generate and submit your sitemap to search engines:



- Google - https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/sitemaps/build-sitemap

- Bing - https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/sitemaps-3b5cf6ed

- Yandex - https://aioseo.com/docs/submitting-a-sitemap-to-yandex/
https://stefanos.cloud/kb/how-to-generate-a-sitemap-and-submit-to-search-engines-for-seo/

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