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Now Live: Sitemap Scanning for Audits ๐Ÿš€

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Shared by Product โ€ข July 23, 2025

Hey there,

Weโ€™ve just shipped Sitemap Scanningโ€”a powerful enhancement that helps audits find up to 4x more pages by leveraging your siteโ€™s existing robots.txt or sitemap files.

Why it matters:

  • ๐Ÿ” More complete coverage: Catch issues on pages that aren't linked from the homepage or nav.
  • ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ Better compliance & data integrity: Ensure privacy tags, CMPs, and analytics load correctly on all important pages.
  • โš™๏ธ Automatic discovery: Simply toggle โ€œFind Sitemap Pagesโ€ when creating an audit and weโ€™ll take care of the rest. This is on by default for all existing and newly created Audits.
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Key Highlights:

  • Detects sitemaps via robots.txt or allows you to enter one manually
  • Supports large sitemaps (up to 50MB or 50,000 URLs)
  • Pages found in sitemaps are fully audited and appear in results
  • Works with RSS/Atom feeds too

On by default, see your latest Audit for insights.

๐Ÿ”— Help doc