XML Sitemap Validator
Fetch and validate an XML sitemap, its structure, URL count, size, and lastmod dates, before you submit it to Google.
What the XML Sitemap Validator does.
Enter a sitemap URL and Effiqs fetches it, confirms it's valid XML, tells you whether it's a sitemap or a sitemap index, counts the entries, and checks it against Google's 50,000-URL and 50MB limits.
It also flags missing <lastmod> dates, which help search engines prioritize recrawling your freshest pages.
The URL of an XML sitemap or sitemap index.
Sitemap type, URL/sitemap count, file size, lastmod coverage, a sample of URLs, and limit checks.
SEO and web teams keeping large sites fully indexable.
The methodology.
- We fetch the sitemap, verify it parses as XML, and detect whether it's a <urlset> or a <sitemapindex>.
- We count <url> or <sitemap> entries and <lastmod> tags, measure the byte size, and flag anything over the 50,000-URL or 50MB per-file limits.
XML Sitemap Validator: common questions
What are the sitemap size limits?+
A single XML sitemap can hold up to 50,000 URLs and must be under 50MB uncompressed. Larger sites split URLs across multiple sitemaps and reference them from a sitemap index file.