Free tool
Is your sitemap readable, and what is in it?
Enter a website address and we fetch its sitemap, count the addresses it lists and show you a sample.
A sitemap is a plain list of the pages you want found. It does not make anything rank, but it does make sure nothing is missed, which matters most for newer sites and for pages that little else links to. This checks the file exists, parses, and contains what you expect.
Free, no account. We fetch /sitemap.xml unless you name another path.
Questions people ask
- How do I check my sitemap?
- Enter your website address above and we fetch /sitemap.xml. If yours lives somewhere else, type the full path. We report whether it parsed, how many addresses it lists, and show the first few so you can confirm it is really your site.
- Where should my sitemap be?
- Most sites put it at /sitemap.xml at the root. There is no rule that it must be, so the reliable way to find it is the Sitemap line in your robots.txt, which is also how search engines find it without being told.
- What is a sitemap index?
- A sitemap that lists other sitemaps rather than pages, used when a site has more addresses than one file may hold. This checker says which of the two you have.
- How do I submit a sitemap to Google?
- In Google Search Console, choose your property, open Sitemaps, enter the path such as sitemap.xml and submit it. Google then rechecks it periodically; you do not need to resubmit after every change.
- Does a sitemap improve rankings?
- Not by itself. It helps pages get found and crawled, which is a prerequisite for ranking rather than a cause of it. Its value is highest on large sites and on new ones with few links pointing in.
Other free tools
- Robots.txt checkerYour robots.txt is also where search engines look for your sitemap.
- Website keyword checkerSee the searches a site already turns up for.