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Check if a site can be indexed

If crawlers are blocked or sitemaps are wrong, great content never ranks. This workflow builds and tests robots rules, prepares sitemaps, and checks redirects and broken links that waste crawl budget.

Generate and test robots.txt, build/validate sitemaps, and spot redirect or broken-link traps.

  • 6 steps
  • About 12 minutes
  • Data stays on this device
  • Updated 2026-07-24
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  1. Draft robots.txt

    Robots.txt Generator

    Create allow/disallow rules for production crawlers.

    • On your device
    • No signup
    Open Robots.txt Generator

  2. Test rules

    Robots.txt Tester

    Verify important paths are not accidentally blocked.

    • On your device
    • No signup
    Open Robots.txt Tester

  3. Build sitemap

    Sitemap Generator

    Generate an XML sitemap of indexable URLs.

    • On your device
    • No signup
    Open Sitemap Generator

  4. Validate sitemap

    Sitemap Validator

    Catch malformed XML or invalid loc entries.

    • On your device
    • No signup
    Open Sitemap Validator

  5. Check redirects

    Redirect Checker

    Confirm old paths land on the correct final URLs.

    • On your device
    • No signup
    Open Redirect Checker

  6. Find broken links

    Broken Link Checker

    Spot 404s that waste crawl budget and hurt UX.

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    • No signup
    Open Broken Link Checker

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When to use this workflow

  • A new site or staging→production cutover is imminent.
  • Pages are missing from Google despite being published.
  • You changed URL structures and need redirect confidence.

Tips

Tips for better results

  • Never disallow the URLs you want indexed.
  • Submit the final sitemap in Search Console after validation.
  • Fix chains and loops flagged by Redirect Checker before launch.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can staging block indexing?

Yes—password gates, noindex, or robots disallow are common. Mirror production rules carefully at cutover.

Is a sitemap required?

Not strictly, but it helps discovery on large or new sites when linked from robots.txt and Search Console.

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