A healthy sitemap is the foundation of good SEO. If search engines encounter broken links or incorrect priority settings in your `sitemap.xml`, your ranking can suffer. Our Sitemap Analyzer provides a comprehensive diagnostic check, ensuring your sitemap is perfectly optimized for Google, Bing, and other crawlers.
What is a Sitemap Analyzer?
A Sitemap Analyzer is a diagnostic tool that parses your website's XML sitemap to ensure it follows the correct protocol. It checks for URL validity, response codes (to find broken links), and provides a summary of all indexed pages, priorities, and change frequencies.
Why Analyze Your Sitemap?
- Discover broken or redirecting links that waste crawl budget
- Ensure every URL in your sitemap is actually accessible to search engines
- Check for proper usage of `<priority>` and `<changefreq>` tags
- Identify missing essential tags or invalid XML syntax
- Improve indexing speed by providing a clean, error-free sitemap
- Free and fast: Instant health report for any public sitemap URL
How to Analyze Your Sitemap
Enter Sitemap URL
Paste the link to your sitemap (e.g., domain.com/sitemap.xml).
Run Analysis
The analyzer will fetch and parse every entry in the file.
Review Report
Check for high-priority errors like 404s or invalid XML tags.
Fix & Re-upload
Correct the identified issues in your sitemap and re-verify.
Key Features
URL Validation
Checks if every URL in your sitemap is correctly formatted and live.
XML Schema Verification
Ensures your file adheres to the official Sitemap 0.9 protocol.
Crawl Summary
Provides a breakdown of total URLs, average priority, and date distributions.
Broken Link Finder
Alerts you to 404 (Not Found) or 500 (Server Error) status codes.
Indexability Check
Warns about URLs that might be blocked by robots.txt or meta tags.
Best Practices
- Never include "Noindex" or 301-redirecting URLs in your sitemap
- Ensure the total file size does not exceed 50MB (uncompressed)
- Keep your URL count per sitemap under 50,000 (standard limit)
- Update your sitemap immediately after adding or removing major content
Common Use Cases
SEO Audit
Finding and fixing errors during a monthly website health check.
Website Launch
Ensuring your new sitemap is perfect before submitting to Search Console.
Migration Check
Verifying URLs after changing domain names or moving to a new CMS.
Marketing Check
Ensuring campaign landing pages are properly indexed and valid.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does it support Sitemap Indexes?
Yes, it can follow index files to analyze child sitemaps.
How many URLs can it check?
We support analysis for sitemaps with up to 50,000 URLs.
Can it check private sitemaps?
Currently, the sitemap must be publicly accessible via URL.
Is it free?
Yes, completely free for all webmasters.
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