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Paste sitemap XML to check whether it is well formed, how many URLs it contains, and whether any obvious errors are present.
This tool reads only the XML you paste. It does not fetch a live sitemap or submit anything to a search engine.
A sitemap with broken XML, empty entries or duplicate URLs can confuse crawlers and waste crawl effort. Validating a sitemap before you upload it catches the simplest errors early.
This tool checks whether the XML you paste is well formed, counts URL entries and loc values, and flags empty loc values, non http loc values and duplicates.
No. A valid sitemap helps crawlers discover pages, but indexing is still a search engine decision for each page.
No. It reads only the XML you paste. It does not fetch a live sitemap or submit anything to a search engine.
It means the XML parses without errors, with matching tags and valid structure, as checked by the browser XML parser.
No. Everything runs in your browser on your own device, so your text never leaves your computer.