diff --git a/public/sitemap.xml b/public/sitemap.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..513e73a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/sitemap.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<urlset
+      xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
+      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+      xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9
+            http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd">
+
+<url>
+  <loc>https://papers.codechefvit.com/</loc>
+  <lastmod>2024-11-03T19:02:33+00:00</lastmod>
+  <priority>1.00</priority>
+</url>
+<url>
+  <loc>https://papers.codechefvit.com/upload</loc>
+  <lastmod>2024-11-03T19:02:33+00:00</lastmod>
+  <priority>0.80</priority>
+</url>
+
+
+</urlset>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/layout.tsx b/src/app/layout.tsx
index 947f285..150e4fb 100644
--- a/src/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/src/app/layout.tsx
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export default function RootLayout({
 }) {
   return (
     <html lang="en" className={`${GeistSans.variable}`}>
+    <meta name="google-site-verification" content="SjVFuH8GzIj3Ooh2JcWufBoSMWTzo77TACHomonCKVs" />
       <body>
         <ThemeProvider
           attribute="class"
