Sitemap Monitoring
Know when your sitemap breaks.
A broken sitemap makes your pages invisible to search engines. Removed URLs, malformed XML, missing entries — Google can't index what it can't find. Pulsewise validates your sitemap on a schedule and alerts you the moment something goes wrong.
Start Free TrialBroken sitemaps are silent SEO killers
Your sitemap is the roadmap search engines use to discover and index your content. When it breaks — malformed XML, 404 URLs, missing pages — crawlers skip your content entirely. No error page, no warning. Your pages just quietly disappear from search results.
CMS updates, plugin changes, and deployments can corrupt your sitemap without anyone noticing. By the time your organic traffic drops, the damage has been compounding for weeks.
Sitemap validation report
3 broken URLs detected
/blog/deleted-post-slug 404
/products/old-product 404
/docs/removed-page 410
Automated sitemap validation on every check
Pulsewise fetches and parses your sitemap on a schedule, validating the XML structure, checking every URL for errors, and tracking the total page count over time. When a URL returns a 404, or the XML becomes malformed, you get an alert immediately.
Track URL count trends to catch mass deletions or sudden spikes. Compare snapshots to see exactly which pages were added, removed, or changed between checks. Keep your sitemap healthy without lifting a finger.
URL count history
What Pulsewise checks
- XML sitemap syntax and structure validation
- HTTP status code checks for every URL in the sitemap
- URL count tracking with change-over-time alerts
- Duplicate URL detection
- Lastmod date presence and format validation
- Sitemap index file support for large sites
- Scheduled checks with instant alert on failure
Start monitoring in minutes
Try us out with a free 7-day trial. No credit card required.
Need help? Get in touch at [email protected]