Sitemap Question (aspx, XML, HTML)

[TaylorRHawkins]

Hey everyone!

My company uses a tool called SEOQuake. We are trying to hit all of their "checkmarks" when we run a diagnosis for them. One of the only things we can not figure out how to pass is their section for Site Compliance ---> XML Sitemaps.

Our client's websites that we have built are all using .aspx URL structures, and when I view them, it clearly states that it is an XML file. It has this text written at the top of the .aspx page:

"This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below."

Does anyone know what is happening here? 
Thank you!

[TaylorRHawkins]

Any information at all would be a huge help, thanks!

[TaylorRHawkins]

Bump.

[RuthBurrReedy]

Hi Taylor,

I'm not totally familiar with SEOQuake as a tool, so your best bet would probably be to talk to their customer service people, but let's give it a shot!

It's fine for your /sitemap.xml page to display a message that it doesn't have any style associated with it - many XML sitemaps are just raw XML documents that don't look pretty on a browser but that search engines can crawl just fine. It looks like the Site Compliance function of SEOQuake just checks to see whether or not an XML sitemap is present. Do you have an XML sitemap at yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml? What does the SEOQuake tool say about your sitemap? Have you submitted your sitemap in Google Search Console, and is Google Search Console reporting any errors?