{
    "title": "Nepali-language content and sitemaps on Nepali websites",
    "auditDate": "2026-09-05",
    "published": "2026-09-15",
    "sample": "34 live Nepali websites across seven sectors (same sample as the August technical audit)",
    "method": "Homepage fetched; scripts, styles and tags stripped; characters in U+0900–U+097F counted against total text. robots.txt read, declared sitemap or /sitemap.xml fetched, <loc> entries counted (index files one level only).",
    "author": {
        "name": "Diwakar Bhatt",
        "url": "https://diwakarbhatt.com.np/about.html"
    },
    "articles": [
        "https://diwakarbhatt.com.np/blog/nepali-websites-without-nepali.html",
        "https://diwakarbhatt.com.np/blog/sitemaps-that-list-nothing.html"
    ],
    "counts": {
        "fetched": 34,
        "noDevanagariAtAll": 23,
        "atLeast50DevanagariChars": 10,
        "robotsTxtPresent": 33,
        "sitemapDeclaredInRobots": 20,
        "sitemapFound": 24,
        "noFindableSitemap": 10,
        "sitemapUrlCountMin": 2,
        "sitemapUrlCountMedian": 14,
        "sitemapUrlCountMax": 500,
        "sitemapsListingFewerThan10Urls": 9
    },
    "bySector": {
        "trekking / tourism": {
            "sites": 7,
            "anyDevanagari": 0,
            "sitemapFound": 5
        },
        "health / clinics": {
            "sites": 3,
            "anyDevanagari": 0,
            "sitemapFound": 1
        },
        "hospitality": {
            "sites": 2,
            "anyDevanagari": 0,
            "sitemapFound": 2
        },
        "news / media": {
            "sites": 7,
            "anyDevanagari": 5,
            "sitemapFound": 4
        },
        "finance / commerce": {
            "sites": 6,
            "anyDevanagari": 3,
            "sitemapFound": 4
        },
        "education / institutions": {
            "sites": 3,
            "anyDevanagari": 3,
            "sitemapFound": 2
        },
        "seo & digital agencies": {
            "sites": 6,
            "anyDevanagari": 0,
            "sitemapFound": 6
        }
    },
    "limitations": [
        "Homepages only.",
        "The Devanagari range covers Nepali and Hindi alike; this measures script, not language.",
        "Sitemap index files were followed one level; large counts understate true size."
    ]
}