Which is the most recommended format for creating sitemaps for search engines?

[Propertyseo2020]

Which is the most recommended format for creating sitemaps for search engines?

[dennis123]

The file needs to be a UTF-8 (encoded) text file, meaning that URLs with some special characters should use entity escaping, so that the URLs in the Sitemap are rightly crawled by search engines. XML sitemaps can be stored in an uncompressed form, submitted as .

[jayam]

The file needs to be a UTF-8 (encoded) text file, meaning that URLs with some special characters should use entity escaping, so that the URLs in the Sitemap are rightly crawled by search engines. XML sitemaps can be stored in an uncompressed form, submitted as .

[jayammrg]

Another bonus of visual sitemap generator tools is that they are usually easy to use with drag-and-drop features.
Slickplan. An intuitive tool that will help you easily create elegant and professional-looking sitemaps. ...
Dynomapper. ...
Writemaps. ...
Mindnode. ...
PowerMapper.

[chandrao7]

XML Sitemaps are important for SEO because they make it easier for Google to find your site's pages—this is important because Google ranks web PAGES not just websites. There is no downside of having an XML Sitemap and having one can improve your SEO, so we highly recommend them.