Is my XML sitemap generation tool secretly rebelling?
My 'Free XML Sitemap Generator' seems to have developed a mind of its own lately; it keeps throwing unexpected 404s during sitemap generation for pages that are definitely live and well. It's like it's trying to tell me something, but I can't quite decipher the rebellion. Anyone faced this before?
2 Answers
MD Alamgir Hossain Nahid
Answered 6 days agoHey Siddharth Chopra, I've definitely run into this frustrating issue with sitemap generation on a few projects myself. This often indicates the generator's crawler is being blocked by a firewall, or it's hitting a specific server configuration issue causing false 404s, which can impact your site's indexing. Consider using our Free XML Sitemap Generator, or alternatives like Screaming Frog or XML-Sitemaps.com, to see if the problem persists.
Hope this helps your conversions!
Siddharth Chopra
Answered 6 days agoSo based on what you said, it totally makes sense that a firewall could be messing with it. I'll check my server logs too, seems like a good next step tbh.