Google Sitemap software

Hi folks,

I was wondering if anyone here knows of any good software that can be
used to generate a Google Sitemap? I currently use Endsheet
(http://www.tipue.com/endsheet/), but it seems to have one or two
problems such as indexing pages that don't actually exist! It's also not
primarily for creating Google Sitemaps, so I think this function was
merely bolted on as an afterthought :\

Preferably, the software will be open source and/or free, or at the
least there will be a trial version available that I can test drive for
a couple of weeks before buying.

The ideal application would be one that actually spiders my sites rather
than scans a log file or stats page, as not all of my pages will have
been visited before they need to be in the sitemap. I also want to be
able to exclude files/directories from being spidered by the
application, eg. http://example.com/forums/.

Anyone got a suggestion or two?

--
Dylan Parry
http://electricfreedom.org -- Where the Music Progressively Rocks!

Once upon a time, far far away Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com>
muttered

>Hi folks,
>
>I was wondering if anyone here knows of any good software that can be
>used to generate a Google Sitemap? I currently use Endsheet
>(http://www.tipue.com/endsheet/), but it seems to have one or two
>problems such as indexing pages that don't actually exist! It's also not
>primarily for creating Google Sitemaps, so I think this function was
>merely bolted on as an afterthought :\
>
>Preferably, the software will be open source and/or free, or at the
>least there will be a trial version available that I can test drive for
>a couple of weeks before buying.
>
>The ideal application would be one that actually spiders my sites rather
>than scans a log file or stats page, as not all of my pages will have
>been visited before they need to be in the sitemap. I also want to be
>able to exclude files/directories from being spidered by the
>application, eg. http://example.com/forums/.
>
>Anyone got a suggestion or two?

Try Xenu?

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

It's not specifically designed for what you want, but it's free and
does much of what you specify.

Matt

Matt Probert wrote:
> Once upon a time, far far away Dylan Parry <usenet@dylanparry.com>
> muttered
>
>
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>I was wondering if anyone here knows of any good software that can be
>>used to generate a Google Sitemap? I currently use Endsheet
>>(http://www.tipue.com/endsheet/), but it seems to have one or two
>>problems such as indexing pages that don't actually exist! It's also not
>>primarily for creating Google Sitemaps, so I think this function was
>>merely bolted on as an afterthought :\
>>
>>Preferably, the software will be open source and/or free, or at the
>>least there will be a trial version available that I can test drive for
>>a couple of weeks before buying.
>>
>>The ideal application would be one that actually spiders my sites rather
>>than scans a log file or stats page, as not all of my pages will have
>>been visited before they need to be in the sitemap. I also want to be
>>able to exclude files/directories from being spidered by the
>>application, eg. http://example.com/forums/.
>>
>>Anyone got a suggestion or two?
>
>
> Try Xenu?
>
> http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
>
> It's not specifically designed for what you want, but it's free and
> does much of what you specify.
>
> Matt
>
Hmm. Interesting. I wasn't aware of these things.
I might get fitted up with one those myself.
I followed links out from the link you posted and found Google's own
generator.
Is there something wrong with Google's own sitemap generator download:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...kage_id=153422
?
--
mbstevens
http://www.mbstevens.com/cgi/mkatt.p...ique_Generator
(new version 1.1)

Dylan Parry wrote:

> I have tried it before, and as well as being a complete PITA to set up
> and configure, it had to be run on the server as a cron job, which was
> just incompatible with my needs.
>
> Cheers anyway though,
>
Good to know, thanks.

On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:42:28 -0400, Charles Sweeney
<me@charlessweeney.com> wrote:

> Suddenly there was a great POOF!

O_o A great *what* ???

> and Grey appeared with his magic search script...

When was Dylan's OP? When I read it I took a peek at the sitemap XML
Google was giving as an example in their FAQ; I realized that I already
had 99% of the information I needed to make one from the search script.
So, as a matter of fact, I started working on it right then

Grey

GreyWyvern wrote

> On Sun, 14 Aug 2005 14:42:28 -0400, Charles Sweeney
> <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote:
>
>> Suddenly there was a great POOF!
>
> O_o A great *what* ???

)

>> and Grey appeared with his magic search script...
>
> When was Dylan's OP?

Dunno G, haven't read the thread!

--
Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com