I built a tool to analyze sitemap.xml files. Here’s what I learned after scanning 100+ websites

Hey Indie Hackers 👋

I recently launched TrackMySitemap, a small tool that checks your sitemap for technical SEO issues.

The idea came from personal frustration, I’d spend time building sites, only to find some pages weren’t indexed because of silent issues like:

• Broken links in sitemap.xml

• Robots.txt blocking URLs listed in sitemap

• Core pages missing entirely

• Invalid XML structure

So I built a focused tool to answer one question:

🧠 Is your site being indexed properly?

No guessing, no bloat — just clarity.

After scanning over 100 websites, here’s what I found:

• 42% of sitemaps contain broken or redirected URLs

• 1 in 4 sites block their own sitemap URLs in robots.txt

• 18% fail basic XML validation

• 35% are missing high-priority pages

I’d love to hear how you handle technical SEO for your projects and if you want to give it a try: https://trackmysitemap.com

Happy to answer questions or share what I learned along the way 🙌