xml-sitemap-generation

name	xml-sitemap-generation
description	Use when submitting sitemap to search engines. Sitemap = list of URLs for crawlers to discover.

XML Sitemap Generation

XML sitemap: list of all important URLs with last-modified date. Helps crawlers find pages. Submit to Google Search Console + Bing.

Sitemap format

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<urlset xmlns='http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9'>
  <url>
    <loc>https://cardprepai.com/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-13</lastmod>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://cardprepai.com/grading</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-05-01</lastmod>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>
</urlset>

Sitemap generation

1. Manual (small sites)
2. CMS generates (WordPress, Webflow)
3. SSG generates at build time (Astro, Next.js)
4. Cloudflare Worker (programmatic, real-time)
5. Server-side script

For CardPrepAI: build-time generation via SSG.

Submission

1. Add sitemap URL to robots.txt: Sitemap: https://cardprepai.com/sitemap.xml
2. Submit to Google Search Console > Sitemaps
3. Submit to Bing Webmaster Tools > Sitemaps
4. Update on content changes (sitemap regenerates on deploy)
5. Monitor errors in Search Console > Sitemaps report

Where this fits in the X3 empire

Sitemap rule for CardPrepAI.