Sitemap checker: is your sitemap complete and working?
Enter a sitemap URL or just a site. We find the sitemap, count its URLs, check its structure and test a sample of the URLs it lists.
Check a sitemap
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What a sitemap is for.
A list of the URLs you want search engines to know about.
An XML sitemap lists the pages of a site, optionally with the date each was last changed. It helps crawlers discover pages that aren't well linked, and tells them which URLs you consider canonical.
A sitemap file may hold at most 50,000 URLs and 50 MB uncompressed. Larger sites split theirs into several files and list them in a sitemap index.
A good sitemap lists only URLs that return 200 and that you want indexed. Redirected, broken or noindex pages in a sitemap send mixed signals.
Common questions
How do search engines find my sitemap? +
From a Sitemap line in robots.txt, or from a submission in Google Search Console or Bing Webmaster Tools.
Is a sitemap required? +
No. Small, well-linked sites are crawled without one, but it never hurts and speeds up discovery.
Why are lastmod dates useful? +
They let crawlers prioritise pages that have changed. They must be accurate. A date that changes on every request is ignored.
What does the sample test? +
Five URLs, spread evenly through the file, are requested to check that they return a working page.