Build a standards-compliant XML sitemap for your site.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url>
<loc>https://example.com/</loc>
<lastmod>2026-08-22</lastmod>
<changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
<priority>0.8</priority>
</url>
</urlset>Add each canonical URL and its metadata.
Review the generated XML.
Copy or download sitemap.xml.
It is a machine-readable file that helps search engines discover your pages.