Storefront Health Check

Robots.txt and Sitemap Crawlability Check - Poodle Scanner

Use this page when search discovery or crawler guidance needs a quick sanity check before deeper SEO investigation.

robots.txt
sitemap.xml
Crawl guidance

User intent

Check whether an ecommerce site exposes robots.txt and sitemap.xml crawler guidance.

Verify discovery files

Check whether the expected crawler guidance files are reachable from the storefront origin.

Catch launch mistakes

Find missing or broken guidance after site launches, migrations, or domain changes.

Support SEO triage

Use the result to decide whether crawlability belongs in the immediate fix list.

Workflow

How Poodle Scanner fits the job

Enter the storefront URL

Start from the page or origin you want search engines to understand.

Run crawlability checks

Poodle Scanner fetches public guidance files and records the response.

Repair missing signals

Update site configuration, CMS output, or deployment files as needed.

Signals

What the scan helps surface

Check

robots.txt reachability

Reported as an observable result your team can review, export, or use as a cleanup cue.

Check

Sitemap declaration in robots.txt

Reported as an observable result your team can review, export, or use as a cleanup cue.

Check

sitemap.xml reachability

Reported as an observable result your team can review, export, or use as a cleanup cue.

Check

HTTP status and redirect behavior

Reported as an observable result your team can review, export, or use as a cleanup cue.

More resource pages

Related Poodle Scanner guides

Run the workflow

Turn the guide into a scan

Start with a product list or storefront URL, apply the right rule profile, and export the findings your team can act on.