How to use the HTML Sitemap Generator

Paste your URLs (one per line). Choose whether to group by the first URL path segment (e.g., /blog/*, /services/*, /about/*) or render a single flat list. The generated HTML appears instantly. Copy the markup and paste into any page on your site — typically /sitemap/ or /site-map/.

Pourquoi cet outil est important

HTML sitemaps serve two audiences: users navigating large sites and search engines discovering deep content. They are especially valuable on sites with many pages but weak internal linking, e-commerce stores with hundreds of categories, and content sites with years of archived posts. Unlike XML sitemaps (which only crawlers see), an HTML sitemap helps real users find what they want — and earns a top-ranking spot in search for “site:yoursite.com sitemap” queries.

Cas d'utilisation courants

• Adding a /sitemap/ page to a large content site for user navigation
• Building a quick reference page for editorial teams
• Helping search engines reach deep pages with few internal links
• Documentation site index that updates without a database
• Quickly building a “table of contents” for a long-running blog

When to use HTML vs. XML

XML sitemaps are for search engines — they belong at /sitemap.xml and get submitted in Google Search Console. HTML sitemaps are for humans (and a secondary discovery signal for crawlers). Most sites benefit from having both: XML for indexing efficiency, HTML for user navigation and last-mile SEO discovery.

Foire aux questions

How do I style the output?
Wrap your existing site CSS around .html-sitemap. The output uses semantic

headings and

lists, so any sitewide list styling applies.

Will Google index my HTML sitemap page?
Yes — and that\u2019s the point. It becomes a discovery entry point for any deep pages that have few backlinks. Avoid noindexing your HTML sitemap.

What if my URLs have inconsistent paths?
The grouping logic uses the first path segment after the domain. If your URL structure mixes /blog/post and /posts/2024/post, the grouping will create separate sections. Standardize your URL structure for cleaner output.

How many URLs can I include?
Up to several thousand renders cleanly in a browser. For larger sites split into multiple HTML sitemaps by category and link them from a master index.

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