XML Sitemap Finder
XML Sitemap Finder finds the XML sitemaps a website has: the ones listed in robots.txt and the hidden ones that are not listed anywhere. Each sitemap comes with its URL count, last modified dates, type and any issues worth fixing.
The tool runs inside the LLM Pulse app, so you need to sign in. You can also start from the public tool page: enter a domain there and the app opens with it filled in. XML Sitemap Finder is not available inside white-label portals or embedded dashboards.
Run a scan
- Open XML Sitemap Finder.
- Enter a domain, for example example.com.
- Start the scan.
Sitemaps appear on the page as they are found, so you can start reading before the scan ends. We email you when it finishes.
What the results show
For each sitemap, the results say whether robots.txt lists it or XML Sitemap Finder found it without a listing, how many URLs it holds and the last modified dates it reports.
They also show the sitemap type: a sitemap index (a file that points to other sitemaps), a URL set (a file that lists pages) or a plain text list of URLs. If the sitemap uses the image, video, news or hreflang extensions, the results say which.
Issues
XML Sitemap Finder flags the problems that stop search engines and AI crawlers from using a sitemap:
- Broken or redirected sitemap: the sitemap URL returns an error or redirects somewhere else.
- Invalid XML: the file cannot be read as XML.
- More than 50,000 URLs: one sitemap holds more URLs than the sitemap protocol allows. Split it into several sitemaps under a sitemap index.
- URLs on another host: the sitemap lists pages on a different domain or subdomain.
- http and https mix: the sitemap mixes http and https URLs.
- Stale lastmod: the last modified dates are old, which gives crawlers little reason to come back.
- Missing from robots.txt: the sitemap exists but robots.txt does not list it, so crawlers that look for sitemaps there may never find it.
Fix broken sitemaps and invalid XML first, because crawlers cannot use those files at all. Then add the sitemaps you want crawled to robots.txt.
Free scans and deep scans
Every account gets one free scan, trials included, with no paid plan needed.
Paid plans get deep scans, which go much further and reach sites that refuse ordinary requests. Starter and Growth include 10 deep scans a month, and Scale and higher tiers include 30. Trials use the free scan. Failed scans never count. To compare plans, see Billing and plans.
Export to CSV
From a finished scan, download the sitemaps found as a CSV file to share them or work through them in a spreadsheet.
