Help crawlers prioritize
A clean sitemap points bots at canonical, indexable URLs instead of leftovers.
Sitemap monitoring
Check XML sitemap health against the pages you actually crawl.
Crawlox finds your sitemap, counts listed URLs, and keeps that coverage next to the crawl inventory so missing, stale, or extra sitemap entries are visible in the same workspace.
Sitemap discovery
Detect sitemap.xml and index sitemaps for the authorized root domain.
URL count
See how many URLs the sitemap declares so coverage is a number, not a guess.
Coverage context
Compare sitemap listings with crawled pages to spot gaps in either direction.
Refresh on demand
Re-check sitemap status after a deploy, migration, or CMS export.
What is sitemap monitoring?
XML sitemaps tell search engines which URLs you consider important.
A sitemap is a machine-readable list of URLs, often at /sitemap.xml. Crawlox checks whether a sitemap exists, whether it is an index, how many URLs it lists, and how that list relates to pages discovered by the crawler. That combination is more useful than opening the XML file by hand after every release.
Why it matters
A stale sitemap wastes crawl budget and hides new pages.
CMS plugins generate sitemaps automatically, then drift. Redirected URLs stay listed, noindexed pages remain, and new landing pages never appear. Monitoring keeps sitemap hygiene on the same cadence as your crawl.
Ship new pages with confidence
After a launch, confirm the sitemap picked up the URLs you expect.
Remove dead listings
URLs that 404 in the crawl should not keep a place in the sitemap.
Compare listed vs crawled
Large gaps in either direction are a signal to inspect robots, links, or generation rules.
How it works
From sitemap fetch to coverage you can review.
01
Fetch sitemap.xml
Crawlox looks up the sitemap for the authorized domain and records whether it is found.
02
Detect index vs urlset
Index sitemaps and standard urlsets are summarized with a URL count and message.
03
Use sitemap URLs as crawl seeds
Listed URLs help the crawler start from pages you already consider important.
04
Show status on the dashboard
Sitemap health sits next to page count and SEO insights for the selected domain.
What the sitemap view includes
Status, count, and freshness in one card.
Teams get enough sitemap context to act without downloading XML on every check.
Found or missing
Know whether a sitemap was located for the domain.
URL count
See how many URLs the sitemap currently declares.
Index flag
Understand when the file is a sitemap index rather than a single urlset.
Status message
Read a short summary of the latest sitemap check.
Last checked
Know when sitemap status was last refreshed.
Tie-in to Pages
Use the inventory to inspect URLs that look missing or extra.
What teams do next
Keep the sitemap aligned with the live site.
Add missing indexable URLs
If important crawled pages are absent from the sitemap, update generation rules.
Drop error and noindex URLs
Remove listings that 404, redirect, or are marked noindex.
Refresh after deploy
Re-check sitemap status when the CMS or static generator publishes a new file.
FAQ
Sitemap monitoring questions.
Short answers for teams that want XML sitemap health next to a website crawl.
What sitemap checks does Crawlox run?
Crawlox detects whether a sitemap exists, whether it is an index, how many URLs it lists, and when it was last checked, then uses sitemap URLs as crawl seeds.
Does Crawlox replace Google sitemap reports?
No. Crawlox shows sitemap presence and coverage relative to your crawl. Google Search Console still reports how Google processed submitted sitemaps.
Can I refresh sitemap status without a full crawl?
Yes. The dashboard sitemap card can refresh sitemap status for the selected domain.
Are sitemap URLs crawled automatically?
Sitemap URLs are used as seeds. The crawler also follows internal HTML links, so the inventory can include pages that were never listed.
What if no sitemap is found?
The status is recorded as missing. Crawlox can still crawl from the homepage and internal links, but adding a sitemap is recommended.
Who should use sitemap monitoring?
SEO teams, developers who generate sitemaps, and agencies that need coverage checks after migrations or CMS changes.
Watch sitemap health
Keep XML sitemaps honest.
Add an authorized domain, let Crawlox find the sitemap, and compare listed URLs with the pages the crawler actually reaches.