XML & SEO DIAGNOSTICS
Sitemap Checker
Validate an XML sitemap or sitemap index, count unique webpage URLs and identify child sitemaps that could not be processed. For a regular URL sitemap, the checker also evaluates robots.txt rules for up to 1,000 URLs.
Analysis Results
What this checker validates
- XML format and sitemap structure.
- Unique webpage URL count, including totals collected from successfully processed child sitemaps.
- HTTP errors and child sitemap failures when the server provides those details.
- Robots.txt access for up to 1,000 URLs in a regular sitemap.
Large sitemap indexes may be marked incomplete when processing reaches the function time limit or URL limit. The results distinguish successfully processed child sitemaps from discovered children.
Keep sitemap URLs clean and useful
An XML sitemap is most useful when it lists canonical, indexable URLs that you want search engines to discover. Remove duplicate variants, redirecting URLs and pages that intentionally return errors; keep sitemap locations absolute and make sure the file can be fetched successfully. A sitemap submission is a discovery hint, not a guarantee that every listed URL will be crawled or indexed.