Sitemap Diff Checker
Check whether the URLs in your sitemap actually match what Google sees.
Find redirects, broken URLs and indexing traps in plain English.
A sitemap is a list of URLs you are asking Google to crawl and index.
Think of it as a “suggested reading list” for search engines.
Important: Google expects sitemap URLs to be clean, final, and crawlable.
- Google wastes crawl budget on redirects
- Broken URLs send low-quality signals
- Google may ignore the sitemap entirely
- Pages stay “discovered but not indexed”
Should be included
Final URLs returning 200 OK
Should NOT be included
Redirects, 404s, parameter URLs, duplicate pages
If a sitemap URL redirects, Google has to:
- Ignore your suggestion
- Follow the redirect anyway
- Decide whether to trust your sitemap
Best practice: sitemap URLs should never redirect.
- Remove redirected URLs from the sitemap
- Replace with final destination URLs
- Remove 404 / 410 pages entirely
- Re-submit sitemap (once)
You usually do NOT need to request indexing for every page after fixing a sitemap.
Your sitemap is a trust signal.
If it’s messy, Google assumes the site is messy.
Clean sitemaps lead to faster crawling, better indexing,
and fewer Search Console warnings.