How Do I Submit a Sitemap to Google Search Console?
Two official ways to tell Google about your sitemap.
Aditya Challa1 min read
Summary
Open Google Search Console, go to Indexing → Sitemaps, enter your sitemap URL and click Submit. You can also add a Sitemap: line to your robots.txt so Google finds it on its own.
Before you submit
Make sure the sitemap is reachable at a public URL, uses absolute URLs, and lists only canonical pages you want indexed. A single sitemap can hold up to 50,000 URLs or 50 MB uncompressed.
Submit in Search Console
- Verify your property.
- Open the Sitemaps report.
- Paste the sitemap URL and press Submit.
- Check the status column for "Success" and the number of discovered URLs.
Add it to robots.txt
Submitting does not guarantee indexing
Google uses the sitemap as a hint. Pages still need to be worth indexing.
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