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No-Limit XML Sitemap Generator

March 23, 2012

Xml sitemaps are an essential part of any SEO approach, but what might you do if you have a very large web site that you are trying to work with? Most web-based xml sitemap generators have an artificially low page restriction. It’s essential that you put all the urls you wish to have indexed in your xml sitemap file. The first step is to stop using free online tools and get an offline xml sitemap generator that is capable of handling more than 500 webpages.

Because most downloadable tools haven’t got page limits, you should not have any problems right? You need to split your xml sitemap into many files if it has more than 50,000 pages. According to the sitemap protocol, Google restricts an individual google sitemap file to no more than 50,000 URLs. Splitting the xml sitemap manually is pretty easy, but a high quality sitemap generator will handle this for you automatically. When you split your google sitemap file, rename them so that each individual file has a unique name. I prefer “sitemap1.xml, sitemap2.xml, sitemap3.xml…”, you get the drift. I use sitemap.xml (with a number) for the xml sitemap index.

The sitemap index file is pretty straight forward. The index file is literally just another XML file that contains the URL of each separate sitemap file within it. Details on the sitemap index syntax are available here:
http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html#index

If this is too deep, do yourself a big favor and download an offline google sitemap generator that handles the sitemap index capability. Inspyder Sitemap Creator is the best google sitemap generator I have found so far. It features unlimited pages, so it works great with massive websites like my own. It lets you assign priority and update frequeny to individual urls (or groups of urls) which is ideal for power users.

Google sitemaps are an central piece of your sem footing. If you’re struggling to work with free online tools, stop and consider investing in an offline sitemap generator. You’ll get more powerful features (setting priorities, etc.) than you can with web-based tools, and you’ll be able to flawlessly sitemap your complete site.

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