diff --git a/hugo.yaml b/hugo.yaml
index 945a1ed..ee58b16 100644
--- a/hugo.yaml
+++ b/hugo.yaml
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ params:
   mainSections: ["post"]
   description: "A blog documenting my homelab journey, covering automation, self-hosted services, and hands-on experiments with open source technologies."
   favicon: "/favicon-32x32.png"
+  excludedFromSitemap: ["/tags/", "/categories/", "/search/"]
 
   sidebar:
     avatar:
diff --git a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
index dd95cb2..2b98530 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@
 <urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
   xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
   {{ range .Pages }}
-    <url>
-      <loc>{{ .Permalink }}</loc>
-      {{ if not .Lastmod.IsZero }}
-        <lastmod>{{ .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" | safeHTML }}</lastmod>
-      {{ end }}
-      {{ with .Sitemap.ChangeFreq }}
-        <changefreq>{{ . }}</changefreq>
-      {{ end }}
-    </url>
+    {{ if not (in .Site.Params.excludedFromSitemap .Data.Plural) }}
+      <url>
+        <loc>{{ .Permalink }}</loc>
+        {{ if not .Lastmod.IsZero }}
+          <lastmod>{{ .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05-07:00" | safeHTML }}</lastmod>
+        {{ end }}
+        {{ with .Sitemap.ChangeFreq }}
+          <changefreq>{{ . }}</changefreq>
+        {{ end }}
+      </url>
+    {{ end }}
   {{ end }}
 </urlset>
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