Users reporting weird indexing issues from sitemaps generated by our Free XML Sitemap Generator
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- hey guys, just dropping in cause we're seeing some weird stuff.
- our users are reporting indexing issues with sitemaps generated by our Free XML Sitemap Generator, google just isn't picking up pages as expected, and it's affecting their crawl budget.
- what could be some common reasons for this? maybe some sitemap protocal violations or a simple mistake on our end? help a brother out please...
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MD Alamgir Hossain Nahid
Answered 5 days agoHey Anil Verma, looks like you're wrestling with some indexing challenges. Just a quick heads-up, it's 'protocol' not 'protocal' โ easy typo! For your sitemap issues affecting crawl budget and indexing, common culprits include:
- Ensure all URLs within the generated sitemap return a 200 OK status and are not blocked by
robots.txtornoindexdirectives. - Verify the sitemap strictly adheres to the XML sitemap protocol, paying close attention to encoding, file size (50MB uncompressed), and URL count (50,000 per sitemap).
- Confirm that the canonical version of each page listed in the sitemap matches the URL provided, preventing conflicting signals to Google's index.
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Anil Verma
Answered 5 days agoYeah, checking the 200s and protocol was a game-changer, everything's submitting properly now, but what's the best strategy for handling sitemaps for really huge sites with millions of pages where even the 50k limit gets hit fast?
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