Released: Search Engine Sitemap package

Note: this post is over a year old, it's very likely completely outdated and should probably not be used as reference any more. You have been warned. :-)

I've just released a simple Umbraco package that will create a sitemap XML for submitting to Google and other search engines.

The resulting XML is 100% compatible with the sitemap.org specifications (which should be supported by all the major search engines).

Of course this generator will take into account the umbNaviHide property. Also, if there is no template attached to a content item, then the resulting output would be a blank page. So these pages are not included in the sitemap either.
I ran into this problem because Tim's excellent blog package that I'm using generates some date folders that should not be in the sitemap.

I would've liked to do everything in the XSLT, but the <urlset> node absolutely had to be on the second line of the resulting XML before Google would accept it. So I had to put that part in the template.

Have fun with it and don't forget to use the thumbs up if you like it, thanks!