Create XML Sitemaps with A1 Sitemap Generator
This tutorial will explain how to create XML sitemaps using A1 Sitemap Generator. We use default settings such as automated calculation of priority values. If you are interested in some of the advanced options or the command line interface for scheduling and automation, you can always check the help.
Crawl entire website first
Before building the XML sitemap, A1 Sitemap Generator needs to scan your website. If you want certain areas restricted, you can either create custom crawler filters or tick options for obeying no-index, no-follow, robots.txt etc. With most websites, you only need to set root path of your website followed by clicking start scan.
Website analysis and links check
After the site scan is done, you can view the website structure and detailed information for the individual pages. These tools can help you solve various website problems related to crawling. When you are done, click the Create sitemap tab.
Building the XML sitemap
In the dropdown, pick XML Sitemap and click build sitemap. The XML Sitemaps Protocol has some limits to max number of urls per XML sitemap file. However, if exceeded, A1 Sitemap Generator will automatically split all URLs out to multiple XML sitemaps and create an XML sitemap index file.
Final steps for your XML sitemap
At this point, you can choose to upload your XML Sitemap. You can also ping and update it to various search engines such as Google. If you haven’t already, it is also a good idea to create a robots.txt file with a reference to your generated XML sitemap.
Comments
Comment from admin
Time: January 4, 2009, 12:58 pm
I am always recommend checking support, but else try check this help page about “List filters”: http://www.micro-sys.dk/products/sitemap-generator/help/website-crawler-output-filters.html
Comment from alis
Time: January 30, 2009, 7:53 am
http://www.handbag86.com/sitemap.xml how i can know my sitemap is work,?
Comment from admin
Time: February 1, 2009, 9:50 am
It does not seem you generated it with A1 Sitemap Generator (since I see the sitemap uses values like 0.80 where the official sitemaps protocol only uses values like 0.1 … 0.8, 0.9 etc.)
However, that said. If after submitting to Google webmaster tools are not getting any errors from them, then everything is probably allright 
Comment from Érico
Time: February 14, 2009, 10:39 am
Hi,
How can i scan all my sub-domains?
like:
I use ulr http://www.example.com
and want also scan:
123.example.com
abc.example.com
171t17.example.com
etc…
I have thousands of sub domains that i can’t list one by one.
Comment from admin
Time: February 16, 2009, 2:43 pm
Unfortunately the sitemaps protocol defines one sitemap per subdomain/domain. Possibly A1 Sitemap Generator will support scanning multiple websites *at once* in the future.
Comment from Paul
Time: April 20, 2009, 2:48 am
Why does the Sitemap generator only see the index.html and not the rest of the pages?
Comment from admin
Time: April 20, 2009, 3:26 am
You website depends on Javascript in its links. That means you will have to enable some options in A1 Sitemap Generator before you start website crawl:
Scan website | Crawler website |
Try search for linked in Javascript and CSS (simple)
Try search for linked in Javascript and CSS (extended)
Comment from RCH.INC
Time: May 11, 2009, 10:43 pm
http://www.example.com/sitemap.xml how i can know my sitemap is work
(real URL changed by admin)
Comment from admin
Time: May 12, 2009, 1:43 am
It seems you had not uploaded the sitemap file as your server gave 404?
I recommend you check all the tutorials on this website to gain a better understanding of uploading and submitting XML sitemaps.
Comment from Minesh Vasantlal Modi
Time: May 12, 2009, 10:40 pm
I am not able to crwal my portal which is having more than 300000 pages. And also guide me how to crwal only specific directory? say for example i want to creat sitemap for http://www.easy2source.com/products/.
Regards.
Minesh
Comment from batya sela
Time: June 22, 2009, 6:13 am
hello
What doe’s it mean’ when I do xml sitemap and I get 0 as a code?
thank you
batya
Comment from Anubhav
Time: December 14, 2008, 7:30 am
I am not able to filter certain portons of my website