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        • JeanieWalker
          JeanieWalker last edited by

          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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            JeanieWalker @Mr.Rangen last edited by

            Hi Brent - Thanks very much for the resource!

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              Mr.Rangen last edited by

              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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                MSSTORAGE @AdoptionHelp last edited by

                Very noble Ryan. Thanks

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                  MSSTORAGE @JeanieWalker last edited by

                  You're welcome Jeanie. Glad to be of assistance.

                  Ben

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                    JeanieWalker @AdoptionHelp last edited by

                    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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                      AdoptionHelp @MSSTORAGE last edited by

                      Woah, quicker on the draw! I yield to you, sir 🙂

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                        AdoptionHelp last edited by

                        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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                          JeanieWalker @MSSTORAGE last edited by

                          Thanks so much Acorn-Internet - I will check it out asap - thanks much!

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                            MSSTORAGE last edited by

                            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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