Sitemap Audit Tool for Free: Check XML Sitemap for SEO Problems
Free individual check · without registration
Check a sample from your XML URL sitemap: The check retrieves up to 50 entries and shows final HTTP status, Meta Robots and Canonical from the delivered HTML. In this way, you will find specific candidates for a sitemap correction.
Results
Correct a moved URL in the sitemap
Practical example · for illustration
Starting position
Check a sitemap with an old product URL and its new canonical landing page.
Classify the findings
A redirect, noindex or deviating canonical for a contained URL is a reason for checking. The result only applies to the URLs actually examined.
Specific amendment
Take the old address from the sitemap and record the reachable canonical destination if it is to be indexed.
Control and border
Re-create sitemap and re-check the same URLs. Note limits displayed: A sample does not confirm the entire website.
Enter the correct sitemap
Use the publicly accessible XML file with the page URLs, usually a urlset sitemap. For a sitemap index, first open a suitable partial sitemap. The check does not follow index files recursively and evaluates loc entries; a simple URL sitemap without additional image-loc entries avoids checking image addresses as pages.
Select sample and read findings
Choose 10, 25 or 50 entries. The tool processes the first URLs found up to the limit. It follows redirects and evaluates the final status. A noindex in the HTML or a canonical to another final URL is highlighted. In addition, compare input URL and final URL yourself, as a redirect to HTTP 200 does not necessarily increase the status error counter.
Correct sitemap or page setting
If you want a page to appear in the search results, fix unintentional noindex or an incorrect canonical default in the CMS. If the exclusion is desired, remove the URL from the sitemap. Replace outdated forwarding addresses with the desired canonical destinations. Then recreate the sitemap and check the same selection again.
Questions about use and boundaries
Does the tool check the entire sitemap?
It checks a maximum of 50 entries, as standard 25. Larger sitemaps are only examined on a random basis. A sitemap index is not run through recursively; enter a partial sitemap with page URLs.
Are robots.txt and X-Robots tags considered?
This check reads Meta Robots from the HTML. It does not check robots.txt release and does not evaluate X-Robots tag as an indexing signal. For this additional check, use the Indexability Checker.
What does a score of 100 mean?
No problems were counted for the checked entries under the evaluated criteria. The value does not confirm a full review of the website or Google’s indexing. Redirects can end up delivering HTTP 200 and therefore seem inconspicuous.
Why does an accessible URL appear as a retrieval error?
Time limits, access protection and network errors can prevent server-side retrieval. A fetch error is not a confirmed HTTP-404. Check the relevant URL separately and repeat the request for clarification of the cause.