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Tuesday, January 13, 2009
It's been well over three years since we initially announced thePython Sitemap generatorinJune 2005.
In this time, we've seen lots of people create greatthird-party sitemap generatorsto help webmasters create better sitemap files. While most sitemap
generators either crawl websites or list the files on a server, we have created a different kind
of sitemap generator that uses several ways to find URLs on your website and then allows you to
automatically create and maintain different kinds of sitemap files.
About Google Sitemap Generator
Our new open-sourceGoogle Sitemap Generatorfinds new and modified URLs based on your webserver's traffic, its log
files, or the files found on the server. By combining these methods, Google Sitemap Generator can
be very fast in finding these URLs and calculating relevant metadata, thereby making your sitemap
files as effective as possible. Once Google Sitemap Generator has collected the URLs, it can
create the followingsitemap filesfor you:
XML sitemaps for Web Search according to
thesitemaps.orgstandard
Mobile sitemaps for mobile-friendly websites
Code Search sitemaps for source code that you make available to users
In addition, Google Sitemap Generator can send aping to Google Blog Searchfor all of your new or modified URLs. You can optionally include the URLs of the sitemap files in
your robots.txt file as well as "ping" the other search engines that support thesitemaps.orgstandard.
Sending the URLs to the right sitemap files is simple thanks to the web-based administration
console. This console gives you access to various features that make administration a piece of
cake while maintaining a high level of security by default.
Getting started
Google Sitemap Generator is a server plug-in that can be installed on both Linux/Apache and
Microsoft IIS Windows-based servers. As with other server-side plug-ins, you will need to have
administrative access to the server to install it. You can find detailed information for the
installation in theGoogle Sitemap Generator documentation.
We're excited to release Google Sitemap Generator with the source code and hope that this will
encourage more web hosters to include this or similar tools in their hosting packages!
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It then generates XML, mobile, and code search sitemaps. The generator can also notify Google Blog Search of URL changes and allows for sitemap URL inclusion in robots.txt. A web-based console facilitates secure administration. Installation requires server administrative access, with detailed instructions in the documentation.\n"],null,["# A new Google Sitemap Generator for your website\n\n| It's been a while since we published this blog post. Some of the information may be outdated (for example, some images may be missing, and some links may not work anymore). Check out our [current documentation on sitemaps](/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/overview).\n\nTuesday, January 13, 2009\n\n\nIt's been well over three years since we initially announced the\n[Python Sitemap generator](https://code.google.com/p/sitemap-generators/downloads/list)\nin\n[June 2005](https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/06/webmaster-friendly.html).\nIn this time, we've seen lots of people create great\n[third-party sitemap generators](https://code.google.com/p/sitemap-generators/wiki/SitemapGenerators)\nto help webmasters create better sitemap files. While most sitemap\ngenerators either crawl websites or list the files on a server, we have created a different kind\nof sitemap generator that uses several ways to find URLs on your website and then allows you to\nautomatically create and maintain different kinds of sitemap files.\n\nAbout Google Sitemap Generator\n------------------------------\n\n\nOur new open-source\n[Google Sitemap Generator](https://code.google.com/p/googlesitemapgenerator/)\nfinds new and modified URLs based on your webserver's traffic, its log\nfiles, or the files found on the server. By combining these methods, Google Sitemap Generator can\nbe very fast in finding these URLs and calculating relevant metadata, thereby making your sitemap\nfiles as effective as possible. Once Google Sitemap Generator has collected the URLs, it can\ncreate the following [sitemap files](/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/overview) for you:\n\n- XML sitemaps for Web Search according to the [sitemaps.org](https://www.sitemaps.org/) standard\n- Mobile sitemaps for mobile-friendly websites\n- Code Search sitemaps for source code that you make available to users\n\n\nIn addition, Google Sitemap Generator can send a\n[ping to Google Blog Search](https://www.google.com/help/blogsearch/about_pinging)\nfor all of your new or modified URLs. You can optionally include the URLs of the sitemap files in\nyour robots.txt file as well as \"ping\" the other search engines that support the\n[sitemaps.org](https://www.sitemaps.org/) standard.\n\n\nSending the URLs to the right sitemap files is simple thanks to the web-based administration\nconsole. This console gives you access to various features that make administration a piece of\ncake while maintaining a high level of security by default.\n\nGetting started\n---------------\n\n\nGoogle Sitemap Generator is a server plug-in that can be installed on both Linux/Apache and\nMicrosoft IIS Windows-based servers. As with other server-side plug-ins, you will need to have\nadministrative access to the server to install it. You can find detailed information for the\ninstallation in the\n[Google Sitemap Generator documentation](https://code.google.com/archive/p/googlesitemapgenerator/).\n\n\nWe're excited to release Google Sitemap Generator with the source code and hope that this will\nencourage more web hosters to include this or similar tools in their hosting packages!\n\n\nDo you have any questions? You can drop by our\n[Help Group for Google Sitemap Generator](https://groups.google.com/group/google-sitemap-generator)\nor ask general sitemaps question in our\n[Webmaster Help Forum](https://support.google.com/webmasters).\n\n\nPosted by [John Mueller](https://johnmu.com/),\nWebmaster Trends Analyst, Google Zürich"]]
