Google might be having some weird bug with XML sitemap files that have hyphens within the final name. So if your sitemap file name is /sitemap-10.xml it will trigger a “couldn’t fetch” error, but using /sitemap10.xml with the same exact file will not trigger any errors. This error shows up in the Google Search Console … Read more
Your eCommerce site’s goal should be to match shoppers to products as seamlessly as possible. To accomplish this, you’ll need to consider an important SEO file: the sitemap. Your sitemap (or, more likely, sitemaps) helps search engines understand the pages on your site and all of the products you offer — so they can better … Read more
Google has officially deprecated the Sitemaps ping endpoints. Now, when you try to access it, Google responds, “Sitemaps ping is deprecated,” with a link to the post about it going away. Here is a screenshot of the error: Google did tell us several months ago that it will stop working around now and Google was … Read more
Challenge: One of the best Sitemap practices is limiting a single sitemap to 50MB (uncompressed) or 50,000 URLs. We must break the Sitemap into multiple sitemaps if we have a larger file or more URLs. Then, reference each of them in the Sitemap index. Sitecore 10.3 onwards, SXA Sitemap supports splitting the Sitemap into multiple … Read more
XML sitemaps just turned 18 in June, and in honor of its full-fledged introduction into adulthood, I’m breaking down how XML sitemaps work, how to build one, and why XML sitemaps offer a boatload of SEO benefits. What is an XML sitemap? In a nutshell, an XML sitemap is a protocol in XML format that … Read more
Today, you’ll learn about sitemaps. We’ll cover the basics first. Then move on to discussing different types and the best practices you can follow when creating a sitemap. And you’ll see some examples. Let’s start. What Is a Sitemap? A sitemap is a file that tells search engines like Google what pages you have on … Read more
Dario Zadro Sitemaps are essential in ensuring web pages are indexed and easily accessible to both users and search engine crawlers. Sitemaps provide a comprehensive blueprint of a website’s structure, allowing search engines to navigate and understand the content more efficiently. However, two main types of sitemaps serve different purposes: XML and HTML. What is … Read more
In part one, we learned more about Fabrice Canel of Microsoft Bing and spoke about indexing quality. In part two we dig more into the concern around content generation through generative AI tools and IndexNow. Then in the final part, we spoke about sitemaps and While IndexNow is the best way to submit changes to … Read more
This week in search, we had yet another week of heated Google search ranking volatility without a confirmed Google search ranking update. Google said it would drop the Ping endpoints for Google Sitemaps later this year. Some are seeing the new index coverage report in Bing Webmaster Tools. Google said word count is not an … Read more
Google announced it would end support for Sitemaps ping endpoints in six months. Google said this is because they are “not very useful” and the “vast majority of the submissions lead to spam.” Google said when this is officially deprecated the “HTTP requests (“pings”) to the deprecated REST endpoint will result in a 404 error.” … Read more
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