Google can’t see my sitemap url’s

#164486
  • Resolved Darryl
    Rank Math free

    Hi,

    google is reporting that it cant see the url’s in the site map. Weird when I check the sitemap everything is visible.

    this is the message from the console.

    Sitemap can be read, but has errors
    Empty sitemap
    Your Sitemap does not contain any URLs. Please validate and resubmit your Sitemap.

    Any ideas?

    thanks

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  • Hello,

    Thank you for contacting the support, and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    I submitted your sitemap to a sitemap validator and it seems to be working fine. See screenshot 1 in the sensitive data section.

    I also checked your robots.txt and it does not block Google from accessing it. See screenshot 2.

    Can you please ensure that your sitemap is not heavily cached? You may follow these steps to do so:
    1. Flush the Sitemap cache by following this video screencast:
    https://i.rankmath.com/pipRDp

    2. Exclude the Sitemap files of the Rank Math plugin in your caching plugin. The cache could be via a plugin or from the server. For plugins or Cloudflare, please follow this article:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/

    After doing so, remove all your sitemaps from Google Search Console and re-submit your sitemap_index.xml.

    Let me know if that helps you. Looking forward to helping you.

    Hello,

    I have updated the sensitive data as requested. Can you please check further?

    Thank you.

    HI,

    have double checked all this. My site maps are not cached at all and its been fine for ever.

    This is weird the sitemap is fine, google finds the site map and cant see the URLs which is strange yet we can see them the checking tool can see them. I’ve added one other comment in the sensitive data area for you.

    Hello,

    Thank you for that additional information, and sorry for the delay.

    I’ve also checked your sitemap, and it seems that it is already working fine.

    Could you please remove all the sitemaps you have submitted in your Google Search Console and resubmit your main sitemap only https://yourdomain.com/sitemap_index.xml then give Google some time to recrawl your website?

    I hope that helps. Thank you, and looking forward to your update.

    Hello,

    Since we did not hear back from you for 15 days, we are assuming that you found the solution. We are closing this support ticket.

    If you still need assistance or any other help, please feel free to open a new support ticket, and we will be more than happy to assist.

    Thank you.

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