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date: 2013/03/18 16:18:37
description: 'Don''t use it, it''s abandoned garbage. '
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slug: are-you-using-googles-sitemap_gen-dont
tags: python
title: Are You Using Google's sitemap_gen? Don't.
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updated: 2013/03/18 16:18:37
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If you are using Google's `sitemap_gen `_ to generate
a sitemap for your site... don't.
1) It's abandoned
2) It's python 2.x only
3) The code is ghastly
4) The output it produces is trivial
For example, I just `replaced it with ~30 lines of nicer code. `_
and probably so can you.