site-architecture

Run the included sitemap_analyzer.py script on your sitemap.xml file or URL. It reports depth distribution, dynamic URLs, duplicate slug candidates, and pages nested 4+ levels deep, then generates a prioritized list of structural fixes.

Export all indexed URLs from your sitemap and cross-reference them with your internal link graph from a crawler like Screaming Frog. Pages in the sitemap but not in the link graph are orphans; fix them by adding contextual links from relevant existing pages and hub pages.

Use short, lowercase, hyphenated URLs no more than 3 levels deep, such as /blog/cold-email-tips. Include the primary keyword once, avoid dates and dynamic parameters, and only create directory levels when the category page itself is a real rankable page.

No, sitemap_analyzer.py uses only the Python standard library including xml.etree.ElementTree and urllib. It accepts a local file path, a URL, or stdin input and runs without installing any dependencies.

Avoid restructuring when your problems are content quality or schema markup rather than structure, since URL changes require 301 redirects and temporarily risk equity loss. Use content-strategy for deciding what to write and schema-markup for structured data instead.