Sitemap validator

With the "Sitemap validator" tool, you can check your site's Sitemap file contents. The validation is based on the file requirements.

Note

Make sure that Sitemap is available and returns the HTTP status with the 200 OK code. To do this, use the Server response check tool. If the server response takes more than 10 seconds, the file isn't downloaded by the tool and isn't taken into account by the robot when crawling. In this case, you should reduce the server response time.

To check the file contents, go to the Sitemap validator page and follow these steps:

  1. Add a file using one of these methods:

    • The file contents (the text option). Copy the file contents to the field. If there are validation errors, you can edit the file and recheck it.
    • The file itself (the file radio button). Upload the file from the site directory or drag it to the field.
    • The file link (the URL radio button). Enter the file link in the field, for example https://example.com/sitemap.xml.

  2. Click the Check button.

If any validation errors are found, see the Sitemap errors reference section.

How to manage site indexation.

What to do next

Upload your Sitemap file in Yandex Webmaster (Indexing → Sitemap files) so that the indexing bot can regularly process it and detect changes on your site. In Yandex Webmaster, you can see when the indexing bot crawls the file and let it know that the file has been updated. Learn more in the Sitemap files section.

Learn more

Report an error in the tool

Specify the tool in which you found the error, describe the situation in as much detail as possible, and if necessary, attach a screenshot that illustrates it.




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