Sitemap: Use Cases for Different Website Types

Sitemap Use Cases

1. Online Store

Include category and product pages with high priority. Update lastmod when prices or availability change.

2. News Portal

Use a special News Sitemap with `` tags for fast indexing in Google News.

3. Blog

All articles with publication dates. Priority for fresh articles is higher, archived ones lower.

4. SaaS Product

Marketing pages, blog, and documentation. Don't include internal application pages.

5. Multilingual Site

Separate sitemaps for each language or a shared one with hreflang markup.

6. Video Content

Use Video Sitemap to promote videos in Google Video Search.

Create a sitemap in the Sitemap Generator.

See also: Robots.txt Generator, Meta Tag Generator, Keyword Density