FREE SEO TOOL
Make your website easier to discover.
Check your XML sitemap, inspect its URLs and identify sitemap issues that could affect how search engines discover your website's content.
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Enter your sitemap URL to inspect its structure, URLs and important XML signals.
SITEMAP ANALYSIS WORKSPACE
Inspect. Validate. Discover.
Analyze your XML sitemap structure, review discovered URLs and identify technical issues that may affect search engine discovery.
READY
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Sitemap Details
ANALYZED LOCATION
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CONTENT TYPE
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LAST MODIFIED HEADER
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XML VALIDATION
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0 sitemaps
Child Sitemaps
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Discovered URLs
| URL | LAST MODIFIED | STATUS |
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| Analyze a sitemap to view its URL entries. | ||
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Sitemap SEO Signals
Observations based on the sitemap data we can inspect.
Analyze a sitemap to see structural checks and recommendations.
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XML Source
Analyze a sitemap to inspect its XML source.UNDERSTAND YOUR SITEMAP
Help search engines discover the right pages.
An XML sitemap helps search engines discover URLs on your website. Understanding its structure, contents and limitations can help you maintain a cleaner technical SEO setup.
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STRUCTURE
Sitemap or sitemap index?
An XML URL sitemap lists individual page URLs. A sitemap index lists other sitemap files, allowing large websites to organize their URLs across multiple sitemaps.
URL SITEMAP
<urlset> ... </urlset>
SITEMAP INDEX
<sitemapindex> ... </sitemapindex>
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URL QUALITY
Include the right URLs
Your sitemap should generally prioritize canonical, indexable URLs that you want search engines to discover. Avoid unnecessarily including redirected, duplicate or non-canonical URLs.
REVIEW THESE
Canonical URLs
Indexable content pages
Important landing pages
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LAST MODIFIED
Use meaningful lastmod dates
The lastmod field can communicate when a page was last significantly updated. Keep it accurate and reflect genuine changes rather than changing dates automatically without a meaningful update.
XML EXAMPLE
<lastmod>2026-10-09</lastmod>
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XML VALIDATION
Check the XML structure
Malformed XML, incorrectly nested elements or unexpected document structures can prevent a sitemap from being processed correctly. Validate the document before submitting it to search engines.
COMMON ROOT ELEMENTS
<urlset>
<sitemapindex>
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DISCOVERY
Make your sitemap discoverable
You can reference your sitemap in robots.txt and submit it through Google Search Console. These steps help search engines find the sitemap, but do not guarantee indexing.
ROBOTS.TXT EXAMPLE
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
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LIMITATIONS
Discovery is not indexing
A URL appearing in a sitemap does not mean it is indexed or will be indexed. Search engines make indexing decisions based on many signals, including accessibility, canonicalization and content quality.
REMEMBER
Sitemap inclusion ≠ guaranteed indexing
Important to know
This tool checks the sitemap response, XML structure and available URL data. A successful response alone does not confirm that every URL is indexable, accessible to Google or eligible for indexing. Verify important pages separately when investigating technical SEO issues.