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Sitemap Validator

Validate XML sitemaps and sitemap index files. Detect syntax errors, broken URLs, invalid timestamps, and protocol violations.

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Fetches the sitemap server-side, parses the XML structure, validates URLs, date formatting, and sitemapindex links.

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Why Validate Your XML Sitemaps?

Search engine crawlers allocate a finite crawling budget to every domain. An XML sitemap riddled with syntax errors, 404 links, invalid namespaces, or corrupt lastmod dates can cause search engines to skip indexing or misinterpret updated content.

What Our Validator Checks

XML Integrity & Namespaces: Verifies proper XML declaration and standardhttp://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 namespace.
Sitemap Index Resolution: Correctly identifies and parses parent<sitemapindex> files and individual <urlset> files.
Date Format Verification: Validates ISO 8601 and W3C compliant timestamps.
Protocol Capacity Limits: Alerts when single sitemap files exceed 50,000 URLs.

Help & FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions and technical guidance about this tool.

An XML sitemap is a machine-readable document that lists all important URLs on your website. It allows search engines like Google and Bing to discover and crawl your pages efficiently, even if internal linking is sparse.

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