seo-sitemap

Sitemap Analysis & Generation Mode 1: Analyze Existing Sitemap Validation Checks Valid XML format URL count <50,000 per file (protocol limit) All URLs return HTTP 200 dates are accurate (not all identical) No deprecated tags: and are ignored by Google Sitemap referenced in robots.txt Compare crawled pages vs sitemap — flag missing pages Quality Signals Sitemap index file if >50k URLs Split by content type (pages, posts, images, videos) No non-canonical URLs in sitemap No noindexed URLs in sitemap No redirected URLs in sitemap HTTPS URLs only (no HTTP) Common Issues Issue Severity Fix

50k URLs in single file Critical Split with sitemap index Non-200 URLs High Remove or fix broken URLs Noindexed URLs included High Remove from sitemap Redirected URLs included Medium Update to final URLs All identical lastmod Low Use actual modification dates Priority/changefreq used Info Can remove (ignored by Google) Mode 2: Generate New Sitemap Process Ask for business type (or auto-detect from existing site) Load industry template from assets/ directory Interactive structure planning with user Apply quality gates: ⚠️ WARNING at 30+ location pages (require 60%+ unique content) 🛑 HARD STOP at 50+ location pages (require justification) Generate valid XML output Split at 50k URLs with sitemap index Generate STRUCTURE.md documentation Safe Programmatic Pages (OK at scale) ✅ Integration pages (with real setup docs) ✅ Template/tool pages (with downloadable content) ✅ Glossary pages (200+ word definitions) ✅ Product pages (unique specs, reviews) ✅ User profile pages (user-generated content) Penalty Risk (avoid at scale) ❌ Location pages with only city name swapped ❌ "Best [tool] for [industry]" without industry-specific value ❌ "[Competitor] alternative" without real comparison data ❌ AI-generated pages without human review and unique value Sitemap Format Standard Sitemap

< urlset xmlns = " http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 "

< url

< loc

https://example.com/page </ loc

< lastmod

2026-02-07 </ lastmod

</ url

</ urlset

Sitemap Index (for >50k URLs)

< sitemapindex xmlns = " http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 "

< sitemap

< loc

https://example.com/sitemap-pages.xml </ loc

< lastmod

2026-02-07 </ lastmod

</ sitemap

< sitemap

< loc

https://example.com/sitemap-posts.xml </ loc

< lastmod

2026-02-07 </ lastmod

</ sitemap

</ sitemapindex

Output For Analysis VALIDATION-REPORT.md — analysis results Issues list with severity Recommendations For Generation sitemap.xml (or split files with index) STRUCTURE.md — site architecture documentation URL count and organization summary