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    • Kdruckenbrod
      Kdruckenbrod last edited by

      I currently use a program to create our sitemap (xml). It doesn't offer creating an mage sitemaps.

      Can someone suggest a program that would create an image sitemap?

      Thanks.

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      • marcoperson
        marcoperson last edited by

        Thank you for sharing information

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        • Prishav
          Prishav last edited by

          Hii!

          In my opinion to create an image sitemap, I recommend trying out Screaming Frog SEO Spider. It's a versatile tool that not only generates regular sitemaps but also includes functionality for image sitemaps. Simply crawl your website using the tool, and you'll find options to export both XML and image sitemaps. I also use this tool for my website : informatica BDM Training And it's amazing.

          Hope this helps!

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          • Fiyyazp
            Fiyyazp Subscriber last edited by

            Screaming Frog can also do image sitemaps. Screaming Frog does have an annual cost of about £149, but it has other great tools besides image sitemaps so I think it is well worth the cost. I use Screaming Frog to get a "heartbeat" of what is going on with a site. It will show you any broken pages or pages missing h1s, page titles, etc.

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            • Roman-Delcarmen
              Roman-Delcarmen @Kdruckenbrod last edited by

              I worked with that tool in the past and works fine but they were small projects (local blogs or local business). I don't have any idea if it will work ok if you have a medium or a big ecommerce site.

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              • Kdruckenbrod
                Kdruckenbrod @Roman-Delcarmen last edited by

                Thanks for the suggestions. I was referred to this one that you suggested:

                https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/standalone-google-sitemap-generator.html

                So, the image sitemap it pretty good?

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                • Roman-Delcarmen
                  Roman-Delcarmen last edited by

                  Yoast SEO offer a basic solution for image sitemap (if you are using wordpress of course) another solution could be screamingfrog it can create a complete sitemap of all your images https://www.screamingfrog.co.uk/xml-sitemap-generator/

                  this another option for wordpress https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-image-sitemap/

                  genral use option (not free) https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/standalone-google-sitemap-generator.html

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