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Which sitemap URLs are not accessible internally?
Start a limited crawl of your internal links and compare the detected URLs with your sitemap. You’ll see missing connections, linking source pages, and the limits of checking.
Compare internal links with your sitemap
Their results
Example: Compare Sitemap and Internal Link Path
Illustrative test setup: The homepage only links /consultation. Both subpages respond with HTML and HTTP 200; robots.txt does not block anything. The sitemap contains /advice and /offer.
Startseite / → Link zu /beratung
/beratung → keine weiteren Links
Sitemap → /beratung, /angebotExpected result
/Advice is classified as “linked”, /offer as “not discovered”. With a crawl limit of only one page, the crawl remains incomplete; the link queue that is still open is displayed in the result.
What the Example Does Not Prove
“Not discovered” means first: not found in the examined link graph. JavaScript navigation, other starting points, locks and crawl limits can limit the statement. A sitemap entry alone is not an internal HTML link.
What is an Orphan Page?
An orphaned page cannot be reached via internal linking. A sitemap can point search engines to the URL, but does not replace a matching link from your content or navigation. The tool compares the sitemap with a crawl that starts exclusively at your start URL.
“Not discovered” is first a candidate
For a limited crawl, links may be on pages that have not yet been checked. Therefore, the result shows the number of tested and discovered URLs, open crawl destinations, blocked paths and retrieval errors. Even when the queue is closed, the result only applies to the static HTML link graph of the selected origin. JavaScript navigation, other subdomains and other starting areas remain outside the check.
Reconnecting orphaned content
Check the candidates in terms of content. Useful pages need a contextually matched link from an accessible category or related article. Outdated content should be updated, redirected meaningfully or removed from the sitemap. Linked URLs are not automatically indexable: status code, canonical and robots are additional checks.
Frequent questions
Does the tool crawl all sitemap URLs?
No. The sitemap is the comparison list. The crawl starts only at the start URL and follows internal HTML links and redirects of the same origin.
Is every unexplored URL orphaned?
No. In the case of incomplete crawl coverage, they are candidates. Check the open URLs and complete a comprehensive crawl for large websites.
What happens to robots.txt locks?
Blocked pages are not accessed. As a result, the internal accessibility of further pages can remain unexplained; the result indicates this.