sitemappi

Sitemappi is a web-based platform designed to help website owners generate, validate, and manage XML sitemaps. It supports the Sitemap Protocol and related sitemap types, enabling discovery of site pages by search engines and, in some cases, by other tools. The platform is used by developers, SEO professionals, and site administrators to maintain up-to-date mappings for large or frequently updated sites.

Key features include automatic sitemap generation from website crawls or CMS content, support for sitemap indexes to split large catalogs, and specialized sitemap types such as image, video, news, and mobile sitemaps. It offers validation against the standard, change tracking, and options to include change frequency hints and priority values. Users can submit or ping search engines automatically, obtain crawl statistics, and export sitemaps in XML formats for hosting or CDN deployment. Many implementations provide content management system integrations, API access, and scheduling to refresh sitemaps at regular intervals.

Usage typically involves configuring the crawl scope, selecting relevant sitemap types, and setting submission or ping preferences to search engines. Sitemappi is suited to websites with extensive catalogs, multilingual content, or frequent updates, where maintaining accurate sitemap data supports crawl efficiency and coverage. The service is intended to complement, not replace, good SEO practices and server-side access controls.

Limitations include that a sitemap facilitates discovery but does not guarantee indexing or ranking. It relies on search engines to crawl and interpret the URLs, and some content may be blocked by robots.txt or other policies. As with other sitemap tools, effectiveness depends on proper configuration and ongoing maintenance.