Sitemap Monitoring

The Sitemap Detection tool in Varsuite Core scans your websites every 24 hours to ensure a valid and healthy sitemap is present and properly structured.

At-a-Glance Summary

The dashboard provides a quick snapshot of your sitemap status:

Status Box	Description	Example
Sitemaps Found	Total sitemaps detected on the domain	1
Sitemaps With Issues	Sitemaps returning errors or misconfigured	0
URLs Found	Total number of URLs discovered inside the sitemap	25
URLs With Issues	Pages that return 404s, redirects, or invalid codes	0

If there are any warnings, they'll be clearly marked for immediate investigation.

No sitemap issues have been found This means all pages listed in the sitemap are accessible and returning correct status codes (200 OK).

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Sitemap URL Tree

Below the summary, Varsuite lists:

• The primary sitemap URL (e.g. https://varsuite.co.uk/sitemap.xml)

• All URLs inside the sitemap, recursively crawled

• Status Code (e.g. 200, 301, 404)

• Any issues detected (e.g. broken links, missing pages)

This lets your team instantly audit sitemap coverage and quickly identify if any high-priority pages are:

• Missing

• Returning errors

• Redirecting unexpectedly

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Why This Matters

Search engines use sitemaps to discover and prioritise which content to crawl. A broken or outdated sitemap can lead to:

• Pages being skipped by crawlers

• Slow updates in search rankings

• Errors flagged in Google Search Console

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Upcoming Features

Varsuite Core will soon support:

• Alerting for when a sitemap becomes unavailable or a key page returns an error

• Custom sitemap endpoints for non-standard CMS setups

• Index sitemap support for larger websites with nested XML structures

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Best Practices

• Ensure your sitemap includes your canonical URLs

• Avoid listing redirected or noindex pages

• Make sure your sitemap is linked in your site’s robots.txt file

• Submit your sitemap to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools

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Works Across All Platforms

Whether you’re using WordPress or Laravel, Varsuite Core will locate and crawl your sitemap automatically with no configuration required.

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With Sitemap Detection in Varsuite Core, your SEO foundation is monitored 24/7 so your content stays discoverable, crawlable and error-free without lifting a finger.