How the extractor works
Enter a domain and the tool looks for the sitemap in robots.txt, then at /sitemap.xml and /sitemap_index.xml. If it finds a sitemap index, it opens each child sitemap and merges the URLs, removing duplicates. Validate the file's structure with the sitemap validator.
What to do with a sitemap URL list
- Migrations: build a redirect map from every old URL before you change structure or domain.
- Content audits: paste the list into a sheet and add traffic data to find pages to update, merge or remove.
- Indexing checks: compare the list with Search Console's indexed pages to find what Google is skipping.
- Competitor research: see which topics and page types a competitor publishes, and how many.
Limits
To keep the tool fast, it reads up to 25 child sitemaps and 50,000 URLs, with a time limit. The result says when it's partial; paste a specific child sitemap URL to get the rest.