XML Sitemap Checker
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Which URLs are listed in your XML Sitemap – and are these URLs accessible? This main technical SEO check finds your sitemap (robots.txt & default paths), checks validity and tests status codes.
- Finding Sitemap: robots.txt & Standard Paths
- Validity: XML Structure & Sitemap Index
- Detect sub-sitemaps: Sitemap index is automatically resolved
- Extract URLs: loc + lastmode
- Checking status codes: HEAD → Fallback GET (2xx / 3xx / 4xx / 5xx)
- CSV Export: URLs + Status + lastmod
- SEO key figures: URL depth, parameter share, top directories (without crawl)
The most important findings appear here immediately after the examination.
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| List of lists | Number | % |
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What is an XML Sitemap?
One XML sitemap is a file that provides search engines with a structured list of important URLs of your website. It supports crawling and helps to discover new or changed pages faster – especially with large websites or weak internal linking.
What Does a Sitemap Checker Do?
One Sitemap checker finds and checks your sitemap: If the XML is valid, it is a sitemap or a Sitemap indexWhat URLs are included? In addition, URLs are checked for accessibility (e.g. B. 200, 301/302, 404, 5xx).
Why is a sitemap important?
A sitemap provides search engines such as Google Notes which pages exist and when they were last changed (optional) lastmode) This can support indexing and prevent typical problems – such as redirects, error pages or outdated URLs in the sitemap.
Important: In a sitemap ideally only belong Canons, indexable URLs So, not a noindexPages, no tracking or filtering parameters, and no redirects.
Where is the sitemap and how is it found?
Often the sitemap is under /sitemap.xml reachable and in the robots.txt linked, e.g. Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml. Many CMS generate the XML sitemap automatically; larger websites often use several sub-sitemaps via one Sitemap index.
Tip: In the Google Search Console You can also submit the sitemap and see whether URLs from the sitemap are successfully indexed or errors occur.
How does the Seitenreport Sitemap Checker check?
The Seitenreport Sitemap Checker searches the sitemap over robots.txt and standard paths, validates the XML structure, resolves sitemap indexes and extracts all URLs (incl. lastmode).
Then the contained URLs are checked for status codes (with HEAD and fallback on GET, if necessary. The results can be as CS export; in addition, SEO metrics such as URL depth, Parameter component and Top directories directly derived from the sitemap (without crawl).
FAQ
Short & practical: typical questions about XML Sitemaps, robots.txt and status codes.
Do you always find the sitemap automatically?
Let's first check out the robots.txt on Sitemap:-Entries and then test common standard paths (e.g. B. /sitemap.xml) If a website uses several sitemaps, we usually also recognize sitemap indexes.
What is the Difference: Sitemap vs Sitemap Index?
A sitemap contains URLs directly. A sitemap index contains links to other sitemaps (e.g., separated by language/segment). The tool resolves these sub-sitemaps so that you see all the URLs at the end. For international setups, it is also worthwhile Hreflang Checker.
Which status codes are problematic?
The ideal is 200. Transfers ()3xx) are often okay, but better to avoid in sitemaps. error codes such as: 404 or 5xx You should not be in a sitemap.
Should 301/302 URLs be in the sitemap?
As a rule: No. It is better to list the final target URL (200) in the sitemap. Redirects in sitemaps can waste crawl budget and make debugging more difficult with a Redirect Checker.
Why do you sometimes show “HEAD/GET differences”?
Some servers deliver on HEAD Responses other than GET (e.g. by WAF/CDN rules). In the event of anomalies, you can ideally check via browser/GET.
How big can a sitemap be?
Frequent guideline value: max. 50,000 URLs per sitemap and max. 50 MB (uncompressed). Large websites therefore use sitemap indexes with many partial sitemaps.
Does the sitemap have to be linked in robots.txt?
It is not mandatory, but highly recommended. The line Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml Helps search engines and tools to find.
Why are some URLs missing “lastmod”?
lastmode is optional. Some generators leave it out or only set it for certain areas. For SEO, a correct lastmod is helpful, but more important is: URLs reachable & current.
Can I have noindex URLs in the sitemap?
Technically yes, usually not useful. A sitemap is intended to display indexable content. With the Meta Robots / Noindex Checker Quickly check if URLs are on noindex.
Why is “Sitemap correct, but URLs are not indexed” possible?
Indexing depends not only on the sitemap: internal linking, content quality, Canonicals, Robots meta, server responses, duplicate content and crawl budget play in. For the specific examination of a URL, the additional help is Indexability Checker.
Does your sitemap index resolve automatically?
Yes. If your sitemap is sitemapindex We download the linked sub-sitemaps and collect all URLs from them. For very large installations, the analysis can be limited for performance reasons (fair use).
Why does the status code check take longer than the sitemap analysis?
Sitemap analysis reads XML and extracts URLs. Then we check the URLs by request (parallel), which can vary depending on server speed, CDNs or protection mechanisms. You can stop the exam at any time.
What do the SEO key figures (depth/parameters/directories) mean?
The key figures are derived from the sitemap URLs (without crawl): path depth = number of segments according to the domain, parameter URLs = URLs with query string, top directory = most common level-1 directory. This helps to quickly detect structural and filter problems.
Appropriate Next Checks
Depending on the outcome of your sitemap analysis, these tools are often the next meaningful step.
Treat indexation issues as a related audit trail
Messages such as "crawled, currently not indexed", "found, currently not indexed", "alternative page with correct canonical tag" or "excluded by noindex" can rarely be explained with a single value. Decisive is the signal chain of status code, canonical, robots, sitemap, internal linking, content quality and search console data.
A sitemap delivers HTML instead of XML
Practical example · for illustration
Starting position
Enter https://example.org/sitemap.xml.
Classify the findings
A login form with status 200 is not a valid XML sitemap. Therefore, also check the format and content of the answer.
Specific amendment
Publish the XML file without prior login and use absolute URLs in the appropriate sitemap namespace.
Control and border
Check file again and submit it to Search Console. Valid XML does not yet confirm the indexability of each contained page.