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Free Sitemap Audit

A sitemap audit goes beyond a single file check: we verify the sitemap is declared in robots.txt, reachable, valid, and free of noindex, redirected, or 404 URLs that waste crawl budget. Enter your URL to see what search and AI crawlers can actually discover, plus the prioritized fixes.

Discovery path: robots.txt + Search Console Include: Canonical, indexable URLs only Re-audit: After every migration

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About this tool

A sitemap audit goes beyond a single file check: we verify the sitemap is declared in robots.txt, reachable, valid, and free of noindex, redirected, or 404 URLs that waste crawl budget. Enter your URL to see what search and AI crawlers can actually discover, plus the prioritized fixes.

A full sitemap audit checks discovery and indexing — not just whether the file parses. We confirm the sitemap is declared, reachable, and lists only canonical, indexable URLs so search and AI crawlers spend crawl budget on pages you actually want found.

What we check

In your free report

  • Sitemap declared via the robots.txt Sitemap: directive
  • Reachability at /sitemap.xml and common CMS fallbacks
  • Valid XML and total URL count across the sitemap index
  • URLs that are blocked, redirected, 404, or carry noindex
  • Whether key pages are present and non-canonical duplicates are excluded
Discovery path robots.txt + Search Console
Include Canonical, indexable URLs only
Re-audit After every migration
Best practices

Recommendations from official docs

Declare the sitemap everywhere it counts

Add a Sitemap: line to robots.txt and submit the same absolute URL in Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools. Crawlers and AI systems use these declarations as the primary path to discover your URLs.

Audit for wasted crawl budget

Remove noindex, redirected, 404, and parameter-duplicate URLs. Every dead or non-canonical entry makes crawlers work harder to find the pages that matter — especially important for newer domains with limited crawl budget.

Keep the sitemap in sync with the site

After a migration, redesign, or URL-structure change, regenerate the sitemap so it reflects live canonical URLs. A stale sitemap pointing at old paths slows re-discovery and can surface deleted pages.

Check coverage of priority pages

Confirm your most important pages — money pages, key articles, tool pages — are present. Pages missing from the sitemap rely on internal links alone for discovery, which is slower.

How to fix

Step-by-step action plan

  1. 1 Add or fix the Sitemap: line in robots.txt and resubmit in Search Console.
  2. 2 Remove blocked, redirected, 404, and noindex URLs from the sitemap.
  3. 3 Add any important canonical pages that are currently missing.
  4. 4 Regenerate the sitemap after CMS or URL-structure changes.
  5. 5 Monitor the Search Console Sitemaps and Pages reports for coverage errors.
Official references

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Questions about this tool

What does a sitemap audit check?

Whether the sitemap is declared in robots.txt, reachable, valid XML, and lists only canonical, indexable URLs — no noindex, redirected, or 404 pages wasting crawl budget.

Why remove URLs from my sitemap?

Dead, redirected, or non-canonical URLs make crawlers work harder to find the pages that matter. A clean sitemap speeds discovery, which matters most for newer sites.

How often should I run a sitemap audit?

After every migration, redesign, or URL-structure change, and periodically as you publish new pages, so the sitemap stays in sync with live canonical URLs.

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