Sitemap auditor
Reads your sitemap and flags entries that cannot be indexed, plus live pages it omits.
What this is actually checking
Audit an XML sitemap against reality: entries that redirect, 404, are blocked by robots.txt or carry noindex, and indexable pages missing from the file.
A sitemap is a statement about which pages you want indexed. Listing pages that cannot be indexed contradicts that statement and wastes crawl budget on every fetch.
The reverse problem is quieter and usually worse: live, indexable pages that the sitemap never mentions, which on a large site is how whole sections go undiscovered.
The 3 checks behind it
- highNo XML sitemap found
A sitemap is how a search engine learns about pages your internal links miss.
- mediumSitemap lists pages that cannot be indexed
Submitting noindex or redirected URLs sends a contradictory signal.
- mediumSitemap omits pages that are live and indexable
Pages missing from the sitemap rely entirely on internal links to be found.
Do I need a sitemap if my site is small and well linked?
Not strictly. It still helps, because it gives a crawler a complete list rather than making it infer one, and it is the cheapest way to get new pages noticed quickly.