diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 055d477c..ff955c53 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -96,3 +96,6 @@ paginate = 36
         identifier = "mail"
         name = ":postbox:"
         url = "/standing-invitation"
+
+[sitemap]
+  filename = 'sitemap.xml'
diff --git a/content/_index.md b/content/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0df1b963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+sitemap:
+  changefreq: yearly
+  priority: 1.0
+---
diff --git a/content/curiosities.md b/content/curiosities.md
index 7c9bfcee..40143425 100644
--- a/content/curiosities.md
+++ b/content/curiosities.md
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ emoji: 🧠
 draft: false
 type: timeless
 summary: A list of the many curious things I've made over the years.
+sitemap:
+  changefreq: weekly
+  priority: 0.8
 ---
 
 I'm a thoroughly [miriscient](https://www.miriscient.org) chap, and this often ends up in me creating toys, trinkets, projects and other artistic things. I've listed some out below.
diff --git a/content/now/index.md b/content/now/index.md
index b222f83c..da8be179 100644
--- a/content/now/index.md
+++ b/content/now/index.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ draft: false
 type: timeless
 stylescope: nownownow
 summary: Regularly updated context on my life at the moment. Haven't seen me in a while? This will let you know what I'm up to.
+sitemap:
+  changefreq: daily
+  priority: 1.0
 ---
 
 > Being intentional about what I spend my time on has been consistently rewarding through my life, so when I learned about [the Now movement](https://nownownow.com/about) I knew I'd be publishing [my own _/now_ page](https://www.byjp.me/now) too.
diff --git a/content/photos/_index.md b/content/photos/_index.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee3d5088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/photos/_index.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+sitemap:
+  changefreq: monthly
+  priority: 0.8
+---
diff --git a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d87281b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{{ printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>" | safeHTML }}
+<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
+  xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
+  {{ range .Data.Pages }}
+    {{- if .Permalink -}}
+  <url>
+    <loc>{{ .Permalink }}</loc>{{ $date := .Date }}{{ if eq .Type "timeless" }}{{ $date = .Lastmod }}{{ end }}{{ if not $date.IsZero }}
+    <lastmod>{{ safeHTML ( $date.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" ) }}</lastmod>{{ end }}{{ if .IsPage }}
+    <changefreq>{{ with .Sitemap.ChangeFreq }}{{ . }}{{ else }}{{ if gt (now.Sub $date) (duration "hour" 168) }}yearly{{ else }}daily{{ end }}{{ end }}</changefreq>{{ end }}{{ if ge .Sitemap.Priority 0.0 }}
+    <priority>{{ .Sitemap.Priority }}</priority>{{ end }}{{ if .IsTranslated }}
+    <xhtml:link
+                rel="alternate"
+                hreflang="{{ .Language.LanguageCode }}"
+                href="{{ .Permalink }}"
+                />{{ end }}
+  </url>
+    {{- end -}}
+  {{ end }}
+</urlset>
diff --git a/static/robots.txt b/static/robots.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6be3783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/robots.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Sitemap: /sitemap.xml
+
+User-agent: GPTBot
+Disallow: /
+
+User-Agent: DuckDuckBot
+Allow: /