How does the sitemap keyword extractor work?

ACME.BOT scans the robots.txt file to find the sitemap, then traverses recursively through each sitemap index (up to three levels) to collect every URL. It then extracts keywords from URLs' slugs and groups by first path segment. Output: an organized view of competitor content strategies by section.

What types of sitemaps are supported?

Standard XML sitemaps, gzipped sitemaps (.xml.gz) and sitemap indexes that include child sitemaps nested inside. Site Scan will inspect one level of index nesting, so it covers nearly all site architectures.

Is the data live or cached?

Live. Every time a scan completes, it will fetch the sitemap fresh from the competitor's server, as it stands at the time of query. There is no cache or saved sitemap between runs that could effect the results shown.

What if a site has no sitemap?

When you run a website through the tool, it throws back an empty result, plus a note. In most cases, pages that focus on content will publish a sitemap for SEO purposes, so this is uncommon. At the same time, a sitemap-less site that's purely client-rendered can't be scanned.

How is this different from Ahrefs or SEMrush?

Ahrefs and SEMrush show estimated keyword rankings, by crawl and clickstream data, and keyword data a site ranks for. ACME.BOT, on the other hand, scrapes a sitemap to read every page the site is publishing and group them by its sections and what they chose to target it. Sitemaps capture an editorial plan and will show new pages, thin product pages, and unranked pages, which ranking may miss.

Why not just paste a sitemap into ChatGPT?

Pasting raw sitemap XML into ChatGPT could work for one-offs, but it requires you to find the sitemap, extract the XML, prompt ChatGPT, and manually parse the output. ACME.BOT automates the entire process end-to-end, including finding the sitemap, walking nested sitemap indexes, deriving keywords, and grouping by section — all in one click.

How is this different from LowFruits' sitemap extractor?

While LowFruits does require a paid subscription ($29.90/mo+), and limiting users to 90–300 extractions per month, ACME.BOT is free and requires zero signups. It also runs in-browser and automatically groups relevant results by content section.

What does 'category' mean in the results?

The first part of each URL path segment. URLs beginning with /blog/ are categorized into the 'blog' group, while those starting with /playbooks/ fall under 'playbooks', and URLs starting with /features/ fall under 'features'. This shows how the competitor groups content by topic.

Is there a limit on how many URLs the tool extracts?

To keep results fast, scans cap at 5,000 URLs per site. This number is enough to fully extract the sitemap for most sites. Larger sites will be extracted partially with a note.

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Enter any domain — ACME.BOT extracts every URL and keyword from its sitemap, grouped into categories by subfolder. Free, instant, no signup.Extract URLs and keywords from any sitemap, grouped by subfolder.