SEO glossary

XML sitemap

A file that lists the URLs of a website that should be crawled and indexed, optionally with their last modification date.

Sitemaps help search engines discover pages, especially on large or new sites. They should only include indexable, canonical URLs that return a 200 status.

Declare your sitemap in robots.txt with a Sitemap line and submit it in Google Search Console.

Related tools

XML Sitemap ValidatorFind and validate the XML sitemap of any website: XML errors, URL count, sitemap indexes, lastmod dates, duplicates and robots.txt declaration.HTTP Header CheckerSee all the HTTP response headers of any URL, with checks for indexing (X-Robots-Tag), compression, caching and security headers.Redirect CheckerFollow every redirect of a URL: see each hop, its status code (301, 302, 307, 308), redirect chains, loops and the final destination.

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