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XML sitemap
An XML sitemap tells crawlers which canonical URLs exist and which pages matter.
Why AI systems care
AI and search crawlers use sitemaps to discover pages at scale, especially pages not linked prominently from navigation.
How to check it manually
- 01Open /sitemap.xml and confirm important public URLs appear.
- 02Check that URLs are canonical and return successful responses.
- 03Confirm old, redirected, or private pages are not listed.
How to fix it
- 01Generate sitemap entries from the same source of truth as your routes.
- 02Remove noindex, private, and legacy redirect pages.
- 03Split large sites into sitemap indexes when needed.
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