Sitemap
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SITEMAP
CHECK.
Find the XML sitemap declared in robots.txt or at /sitemap.xml, check that it is valid, count the URLs and see whether there are lastmod dates.
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What the check verifies
Looks for the XML sitemap, declared in robots.txt or at /sitemap.xml, and counts the URLs it lists.
Why it matters
The sitemap helps search engines discover and re-index new pages faster.
What each result means
- OK
- A valid sitemap or sitemap index; the check counts the URLs.
- WARNING
- The sitemap answered with an error, did not load or is not an XML sitemap.
- INFO
- No sitemap found, or a compressed sitemap (.gz), which is not read.
ERROR and TIMEOUT mean the query did not finish (the source was down or slow), not a problem with the domain: run the check again.
How to fix
Generate the sitemap with the public pages, declare it in robots.txt (Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml) and submit it in Google Search Console:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url><loc>https://example.com/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-15</lastmod></url>
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