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Sitemap.xml + robots.txt presence

live factor #14 · SEO & Discoverability · scoring impl: implemented · weight 1.3%

What we measure

These two files tell search engines what to crawl and what to skip. Missing them slows down indexing and may exclude important pages.

How to improve your score

Sitemap: WordPress generates one automatically (`/sitemap.xml` or `/sitemap_index.xml`). Robots.txt: place at site root with at minimum: `User-agent: *\nAllow: /\nSitemap: https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml`.

Data source

Data source for this factor is not yet documented.

Scoring

Scoring formulas are versioned with the methodology. The current method (v1.1.0) maps raw measurements to pass, warn, fail. Factor weights determine how much each contributes to the composite — see the methodology index for the full table.

Version history

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