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Sitemap Checker

Enter your domain to instantly locate your XML sitemap, validate its structure, count URLs, check for missing lastmod dates, and spot common issues that prevent Google from crawling your site efficiently.

What this tool checks

Sitemap discovery

Tries /sitemap.xml, /sitemap_index.xml, and reads robots.txt for the Sitemap: directive

Sitemap type

Detects whether it's a regular sitemap or a sitemap index pointing to child sitemaps

Total URL count

Counts all indexable URLs — flags if you're approaching the 50,000 URL limit

lastmod dates

Checks whether URLs have <lastmod> dates (signals freshness to Google)

changefreq & priority

Confirms optional but helpful attributes are present

Issue detection

Flags missing lastmod, exceeded limits, and empty sitemaps

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