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Sitemap

eStay web generates a sitemap automatically — no manual build step or config file needed.

How It Works​

The sitemap is served dynamically at /sitemap.xml via a Next.js route handler:

src/app/sitemap.xml/route.ts
  • Runs server-side only — no client JS involved
  • Fetches latest data from the backend API on every request
  • Cached for 1 hour (revalidate: 3600) — auto-busts on every new deploy
  • Browser view renders as a styled HTML table (via public/sitemap.xsl) — crawlers ignore the stylesheet and read raw XML directly, so hreflang, URLs, and priorities are all indexed normally

What's Included​

TypeSourceUpdate Frequency
Static pages (home, about, blogs, etc.)HardcodedDaily / Weekly
Property pages/api/propertiesDaily
Room pages/api/properties/roomsDaily
Blog pages/api/blogsWeekly

Multi-Language Support​

Languages are fetched dynamically from /api/settings.

  • Every URL is generated for all active language codes (e.g. /en/, /ar/, /hi/)
  • Each URL includes xhtml:link hreflang alternates pointing to all other language versions
  • Adding a new language in the admin panel → appears in sitemap automatically within 1 hour

Sitemap URL​

Once deployed, your sitemap is available at:

https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml

Submit to Search Engines​

Google Search Console​

  1. Go to https://search.google.com/search-console
  2. Select your property
  3. Click Sitemaps in the left menu
  4. Enter sitemap.xml and click Submit

Bing Webmaster Tools​

  1. Go to https://www.bing.com/webmasters
  2. Select your site
  3. Go to Sitemaps
  4. Enter https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml and submit
info

No need to resubmit after content updates — the sitemap refreshes automatically every hour and reflects new properties, rooms, blogs, and languages.