Core Feature

Sitemap Validation

Automatically verify your sitemap.xml matches reality. Ensure search engines can find and index all your important pages.

Overview

Why Sitemap Validation Matters

Your sitemap.xml file is a promise to search engines. It tells Google, Bing, and other crawlers: "These are the pages I want you to index." But what happens when that promise is broken? When URLs in your sitemap return 404 errors? Or when important pages are missing from the sitemap entirely?

Sitemap validation is the process of verifying that every URL in your sitemap is actually accessible and that no important pages are missing. It's the difference between hoping search engines can find your content and knowing with certainty that they can.

Our tool fetches your sitemap, parses every URL, then cross-references it against a complete crawl of your website. The result? A comprehensive report showing exactly which sitemap URLs are crawlable, which return errors, and which pages are missing from your sitemap but should be included.

73%

of websites have sitemap errors

40%

of pages are missing from sitemaps

15%

of sitemap URLs return 404 errors

Common Issues

Sitemap Problems We Detect

Critical SEO issues that hurt your search engine visibility

High Priority

URLs in Sitemap That Don't Exist

Sitemap includes URLs that return 404 errors or redirects. Search engines waste crawl budget on dead links.

Our tool identifies every non-200 status URL in your sitemap

High Priority

URLs Missing from Sitemap

Important pages exist on your site but aren't included in sitemap.xml. Search engines may not discover them.

We compare crawl results against sitemap to find missing URLs

Medium Priority

Uncrawlable Sitemap URLs

Pages listed in sitemap can't be reached through internal links. These pages are effectively orphaned.

Depth tracking reveals which sitemap URLs were never discovered

Medium Priority

Outdated Sitemap

Sitemap hasn't been updated after site structure changes. New pages missing, old pages still listed.

Real-time validation shows exactly what needs updating

Capabilities

Validation Features

Comprehensive sitemap analysis and verification

Automatic Discovery

Automatically fetches sitemap.xml from your website. Handles both standard sitemaps and sitemap index files.

Sitemap Index Support

Parses nested sitemap indexes with multiple sitemap files. Handles large sites with split sitemaps seamlessly.

Metadata Extraction

Extracts lastmod, changefreq, and priority for every URL. Understand how you're signaling page importance to search engines.

Crawlability Check

Validates every sitemap URL against actual crawl results. Identifies URLs that exist in sitemap but cannot be reached.

Missing URL Detection

Finds pages that are crawlable but missing from your sitemap. Ensures complete coverage for search engine indexing.

Error Reporting

Highlights 404s, redirects, and unreachable URLs in your sitemap. Fix issues before they impact your SEO performance.

Process

How Validation Works

Our 5-step validation process

Fetch Sitemap

Automatically fetches sitemap.xml from your website root or robots.txt reference. Handles redirects and different sitemap locations.

Parse XML

Parses sitemap XML to extract all URLs, lastmod dates, changefreq values, and priority settings. Handles sitemap indexes recursively.

Cross-Reference

Compares sitemap URLs against actual crawl results. Every URL is checked: Was it reachable? What was the HTTP status? What depth level?

Identify Issues

Flags URLs that exist in sitemap but returned errors during crawl. Also flags crawled pages that are missing from sitemap.

Generate Report

Creates detailed TSV report split into Crawlable and Non-Crawlable sections. Includes all sitemap metadata for analysis.

Support

Supported Sitemap Formats

We handle all standard sitemap types and formats

Standard Sitemap

sitemap.xml

Supported

Single XML file listing all URLs. Best for sites with under 50,000 URLs and file size under 50MB.

Sitemap Index

sitemap_index.xml

Supported

Master sitemap referencing multiple sitemap files. Required for large sites exceeding 50,000 URLs.

Compressed Sitemap

sitemap.xml.gz

Supported

Gzip-compressed sitemap for faster transfer. Reduces bandwidth usage for large sitemaps.

Dynamic Sitemap

/sitemap.xml (dynamic)

Supported

Sitemap generated on-the-fly by CMS or application. Content changes based on database.

Benefits

Why Validate Your Sitemap?

The competitive advantages of proper sitemap maintenance

Complete Indexation

Ensure every important page is in your sitemap and discoverable by search engines.

100% Coverage

Crawl Budget Optimization

Remove dead links from sitemap so search engines don't waste time on 404s and redirects.

Save Crawl Budget

SEO Compliance

Meet Google's sitemap requirements. Avoid penalties for broken or misleading sitemaps.

Best Practices

Automated Monitoring

Get instant validation reports. No manual checking of hundreds or thousands of URLs.

Save Hours Weekly

Validate Your Sitemap Today

Stop guessing if your sitemap is correct. Get a comprehensive validation report in minutes.

Free plan: 5 validations/month • No credit card required