Creating a Sitemap based on the Sitemap protocol

Google can accept Sitemaps in a number of formats, but we recommend creating a Sitemap based on the Sitemap protocol because the same file can be submitted to the other search engines, such as MSN and Yahoo!, that are members of sitemaps.org.

You can create a Sitemap in a number of different ways:

* Manually create a Sitemap based on the Sitemap protocol

* Use the Sitemap Generator. If you have access to your webserver and it has Python installed, you can use our script to create a Sitemap that uses the Sitemap protocol. The Google Sitemap Generator is a Python script that creates a Sitemap for your site using the Sitemap Protocol. This script can create Sitemaps from URL lists, web server directories, or from access logs.

* Use a third-party tool. A number of third parties offer tools you can use to create a valid Sitemap.