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sitemap well-formed

SEOWeight 1.5% (This check's share of the SEO score)Score 100

What this is

Whether the sitemap (the list of URLs for search engines) is correctly formatted.

Why it matters

If Google can't read the sitemap, it gives up on it, so it's as if you didn't have one.

What counts as passing

Passes when the sitemap is valid XML containing a URL list (urlset) or a list of sub-sitemaps (sitemapindex); fails otherwise; not scored when there is no sitemap.

Evidence

Sitemap typeurlset
Number of URLs12
Raw data

Check ID seo.sitemap.wellFormed

{
  "kind": "urlset",
  "urlCount": 12
}

Suggestion

Pro plan only

Fix sitemap XML structure

The sitemap could not be parsed as a well-formed urlset or sitemapindex document.