Sitemap is HTML error in GSC

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  • Resolved Isabella

    1 week ago

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    Hi,
    I have been using Rank Math for SEO for a very long time and I am very satisfied. Recently, I created another site, I used the same settings I had on the first site. I add the “sitemap” in GSC, only I run into a big problem. I know you are fed up with this problem, but I tried everything I could find on the net, including the Rank MAth tutorials for this problem. The “sitemap_index.xml” is added correctly but not recognized by GSC. The only “sitemap” recognized is the one related to “page-sitemaps“. I tested both site-maps for their validity and they are ok. I also consulted the Health Check plugin and there is no problem. What I find interesting is that in BING, the “sitemap_index.xml” is ok but there are problems with the one related to posts.

    The site in question is “https://paidsurveysgo.com/“. Thanks in advance.

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  • Adetayo

    5 days, 9 hours ago

    Hello,

    Thank you for contacting Rank Math support.

    We checked the sitemaps and they opened fine.

    We’re just following up to see if you have any other concerns that we can assist you with. If your issue has been resolved, please let us know so we can mark this ticket as closed.

    Thank you for choosing Rank Math.

    Isabella

    4 days, 12 hours ago

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    Hi, pretty much solved but not really solved. Let me tell you why. I think the problem was something in Cloudfare. I made a change in Cloudflare and finally I solved it, sitemap-uril were added successfully. Now I have another problem. Until yesterday, everything was ok, my articles were in Google on the first page. Today when I checked today, I notice that they totally disappeared.
    When I check with “site:https://paidsurveysgo.com/”, my articles show up in Google but if I do a search, I can’t find them. In GSC, under “Manual actions”, everything is ok – No issues detected. I am desperate as I don’t understand what is the reason why they have disappeared. Could it be due to robots.txt? Or what would be the reason?
    Thanks in advance.

    Reinelle

    3 days, 9 hours ago

    Hello,

    Ranking on Google with your desired keywords/keyphrase depends on so much more than just your on-page optimization.

    You could have the perfect article and still struggle to break the top 10 in SERPs. Here are some of the factors Google considers when ranking you:

    1. Your website’s authority
    2. Your content’s quality and how better it is than the other article currently ranking.
    3. How competitive the keyword is.
    4. How many backlinks do you have and if they are better than what the other guys ranking for that keyword have.
    5. Your website’s crawlability.
    6. Frequency of new content and content updates.
    7. So much more that there is a dedicated blog post on it by Brian Dean:
    https://backlinko.com/google-ranking-factors

    We recommend that you keep at it and work on acquiring more links to break into the top SERPs.

    Here are some guides you should follow as well:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/does-installing-rank-math-guarantee-rankings

    Looking forward to helping you.

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