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XML sitemap protocol

Sitemap XML validator

Paste a direct link to your sitemap or sitemap index. We fetch the file and score it against the official sitemaps.org rules your crawlers expect.

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Expert Sitemap protocol validation

A sitemap is how you tell crawlers what to discover. Perfect Metadata parses the fetched XML directly and audits it against the published sitemaps.org rules—not guesswork about your stack.

Structural audit

We load your file as XML and verify the root element, namespace declarations, mandatory <loc> URLs, enumerated changefreq values, sane priority decimals, uncompressed size cues, and the documented 50k entry cap—all without executing JavaScript from your domain.

Operational signals

URL Volume Guardrails

Warns before you violate the fifty-thousand entry ceiling on a single file.

Index vs Urlset Paths

Explicit support for decoding sitemap indexes alongside standard url lists.

Transport Hygiene

Surfaced Content-Type and payload size cues so infra issues do not masquerade as XML bugs.

W3C Compliance
100%

Verified against the latest web standards.

Future Ready
2026

Engineered for next-gen display tech.

Industry Standard
Expert

Built by performance specialists.