sitemap_gen.pyVersion 1.4The sitemap_gen.py script analyzes your web server and generates one or moreSitemap files. These files are XML listings of content you make available onyour web server. The files can be directly submitted to search engines ashints for the search engine web crawlers as they index your web site. Thiscan result in better coverage of your web content in search engine indices,and less of your bandwidth spent doing it.The sitemap_gen.py script is written in Python and released to the opensource community for continuous improvements under the BSD 2.0 new license,which can be found at: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.phpThe original release notes for the script, including a walk-through forwebmasters on how to use it, can be found at the following site: http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/sitemap-generator.htmlThe minimum Python version required is Python 2.2. However, if URLs onyour site involve any non-ASCII characters, we strongly recommendPython 2.3 or later, as it better handles encoding issues.