Get new and updated content in front of crawlers faster
Rankwyn ships with a hosted sitemap by default and a full local sitemap engine when you need control, plus IndexNow support so Bing, Yandex, and other participating engines hear about changes within minutes.
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Sitemap types available
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Sitemap modes: hosted or local
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IndexNow key, served automatically
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Health check monitoring
Everything this part of Rankwyn covers
A sitemap only helps if it is accurate, fast to generate, and actually reachable by the engines you care about. Rankwyn covers both the simple path and the fully self-hosted one.
Hosted sitemap by default
New installs get a hosted sitemap.xml and robots.txt redirection out of the box, working immediately with no server load added.
Local sitemap mode
Opt in to a self-generated sitemap index with paginated sub-sitemaps: Basic, Complete, E-commerce, and Segmented, tuned to how your content is structured.
News and video sitemaps
Dedicated News sitemap for publishers on Google News and a Video sitemap that surfaces embedded and hosted video content correctly.
IndexNow, built in
Rankwyn serves your IndexNow key file automatically and queues submissions whenever content changes, so participating engines learn about updates fast.
Indexing health check
A dedicated health check page shows sitemap status, IndexNow submission history, and flags issues before they become ranking problems.
llms.txt generator
Generate and serve an llms.txt file describing your site for AI crawlers and assistants, part of Rankwyn's answer engine optimization toolkit.
From activation to results
Start hosted
On activation, Rankwyn serves a hosted sitemap.xml with a robots.txt redirect, zero configuration, zero added server load.
Switch to local when you need control
Enable local sitemap mode from Settings to self-generate a paginated sitemap index tailored to Basic, Complete, E-commerce, or Segmented structures.
Turn on IndexNow
Rankwyn generates and serves your key file automatically, then queues a submission every time you publish or update content.
Watch the health check page
Confirm your sitemap is reachable, your IndexNow submissions are succeeding, and fix anything flagged, all from one screen.
Common questions
Hosted mode serves a sitemap.xml with minimal server overhead and is the default for new installs. Local mode generates the sitemap files on your own server with more structure options, useful for large or segmented catalogs.
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