External Sitemap Tool?
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Can anyone recommend a good external sitemap generator (that is not also a tool owned by a search engine)?
I'm looking for a reputable tool that is independent of Google, Yahoo!, Bing, etc that will crawl, index, report problems, but also that will submit to the search engines. Would love to hear what other Mozzers recommend!
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Hi Brent - Thanks very much for the resource!
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You mentioned you did not want to use one provided by search engines.
This is by far the best list of both web-based and server side sitemap tools I have found to date,
http://code.google.com/p/sitemap-generators/wiki/SitemapGenerators
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Very noble Ryan. Thanks
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You're welcome Jeanie. Glad to be of assistance.
Ben
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Thank you Ryan - it looks like a great tool - I really appreciate you and Acorn both taking the time to reach out - and it's comforting you both are recommending the same tool - very helpful!
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Woah, quicker on the draw! I yield to you, sir
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Have you already tried www.xml-sitemaps.com ? It will crawl and generate a sitemap in whatever format you want.
However, in terms of reporting problems I've found the SEOmoz crawler and related tools to be invaluable.
You can save your sitemap in xml format from the above site, and use that to submit to search engines.
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Thanks so much Acorn-Internet - I will check it out asap - thanks much!
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If you've got less than 500 pages you can create a free xml sitemap here http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/
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