In light of yesterday’s post on Google Webmaster Central, I checked a lot of things out in my own account to see what I have missed in the last couple months.
I found that my sitemap was woefully outdated. I needed a sitemap creator right now!
I did a search for [tag-tec]sitemap generators[/tag-tec] and found plenty of people asking for money for their “special” generator.
Now I certainly don’t mind paying for stuff. I am a marketer too.
But I didn’t feel like having someone’s hand in my pocket at the moment for such a simple thing.
So I did the smart thing and asked my personal geek squad (William) what he uses.
Not only is the darn thing free, it is the first desktop sitemap maker (all Windows version that matter) that ever came out and it beats the pants off all the paid sitemap creators I checked out!
Reminder: Just because everyone in the top 10 results is charging for something doesn’t mean there isn’t something comparable out there for free.
In this case, it appears we have a bonafide slam dunk. GSiteCrawler is not only free, it’s actually the easiest and best sitemap creator I’ve ever used.
(Oh – and it does ROR files, uploads your files for you automatically, and, though I haven’t found the tab yet, surely does the dishes as well.)