--- author: '' category: '' date: 2013/03/18 16:18:37 description: 'Don''t use it, it''s abandoned garbage. ' link: '' priority: '' slug: are-you-using-googles-sitemap_gen-dont tags: python title: Are You Using Google's sitemap_gen? Don't. type: text updated: 2013/03/18 16:18:37 url_type: '' --- 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.