Why is my sitemap showing errors in Google Search Console?

Common sitemap errors include:

• Invalid XML format - Malformed XML syntax or encoding issues
• URLs returning 404 errors - Listed pages that no longer exist
• URLs blocked by robots.txt - Pages listed but prevented from crawling
• URLs with noindex tags - Contradictory signals to Google
• Sitemap too large - Over 50MB or 50,000 URLs (split into multiple sitemaps)
• Sitemap URL unreachable - Server errors when Google tries to fetch it

Fix the reported issues, then resubmit the sitemap in Search Console.

How AutoPSEO helps

AutoPSEO lists every sitemap Google knows about for your property, inspects the URLs inside it and shows a Sitemap Performance report that maps clicks and impressions onto each sitemap, so you can see which sections of the site actually earn traffic.