SitemapScan
SEO Blog
The SitemapScan blog publishes practical guides about XML sitemaps, robots.txt, sitemap indexes, crawlability signals, and sitemap validation patterns that come up in real audits.
Topics covered
Articles focus on sitemap fundamentals, technical SEO edge cases, robots.txt behavior, and how to interpret signals from public scans.
Long-tail guides worth starting with
The blog now covers more specific audit patterns too: multi-sitemap robots.txt files, compressed sitemap files, publisher news sitemaps, lastmod quality, and the difference between sitemap indexes and URL sets.
- Multiple Sitemaps in robots.txt
- Sitemap Index vs URL Set
- Compressed .xml.gz sitemaps
- News sitemaps and publisher audit patterns
- lastmod format and freshness quality
- priority and changefreq in modern sitemap practice
How to use the blog with the checker
Read the guide that matches the pattern you found, then compare it against a live scan, the public archive, or the robots-signals views. The goal is to move from abstract SEO advice to a concrete sitemap diagnosis quickly.
FAQ
Does the blog cover only sitemap basics?
No. It covers both foundational sitemap topics and deeper long-tail audit cases such as sitemap indexes, compressed files, news sitemaps, and robots.txt crawler patterns.
Can these guides help interpret a real sitemap scan?
Yes. The articles are written to connect directly to live scan results, archive patterns, and robots.txt signals surfaced across SitemapScan.
Related pages
- Multiple Sitemaps in robots.txt — Learn how to audit sites that declare many sitemap files.
- Sitemap Index vs URL Set — Understand the structural difference that changes audit logic.
- News Sitemaps and Google News — See how publisher sitemap audits differ from normal site checks.
- Compressed .xml.gz Sitemaps — Avoid misclassifying compressed sitemaps by filename alone.
- XML Sitemap Checker — Run a live check after reading a guide.
- Latest Sitemap Checks — See how sitemap patterns show up in the public archive.
- Robots Signals — Explore crawler-family patterns in robots.txt.