Is it good to submit 3 versions of Sitemap? [Indexing Issue]

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  • Resolved Jabran Ali

    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rank Math free

    Hi, I have submitted my sitemap to Bing Webmaster tool about a month ago and still they are not indexing all pages instead they are just indexing the pages like HomePage, Contact us. And only 3 pages has been yet discovered and other pages are not even showing when I click on sitemap. For now in Bing Webmaster tool I have submitted the versions (sitemap_index.xml). However, when I visit the url I have three versions of sitemap like (post-sitemap.xml) (page-sitemap.xml) (category-sitemap.xml). Now I want to know what happens If I submite these three versions into bing webmaster tool. Will it have any impacts on the indexing?

    I have even resubmitted the (sitemap_index.xml) but still they are only discovering the (3) urls instead of all.

    P.S: I have already one of my website indexed in bing webmaster tool and by using these versions (sitemap_index.xml) (sitemap.xml) and they are indexing without any issues and even the URLs are discovering.

    Please let me know what should I do now?

    Thank you

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  • Michael Davis

    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rank Math pro

    Hello,

    Thank you for getting in touch with us.

    Could you please check the following:
    1. Is the sitemap working fine in your browser? You can check that by going domain(.)com/sitemap_index.xml

    If the sitemap is working fine, you can try validating it on this link: https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html

    If the validation works, please move to the second point.

    2. Have you verified the correct version of your website on Google? Please check if you have verified the www (or non-www) and https (or http) version of your website. If there is a mismatch, please fix that.

    Please note that we only recommend submitting only the main sitemap file for indexing, that is the sitemap_index.xml.

    Hope this helps you.

    Thank you.

    Jabran Ali

    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rank Math free

    Hello and thank you for replying. I am not talking about Google search console.

    I am talking about BING Webmaster Tool.

    The sitemap is working fine as you have said to validate through the link and it says no issue detected.

    Is there any problem with bing for not indexing web pages?

    Thank you 🙂

    Michael Davis

    4 years, 1 month ago

    Rank Math pro

    Hello,

    Bing recommends webmasters using the Submit URLs option to get their web content indexed as soon as they are published or updated online. To learn how to submit your URLs on Bing, please check this link: https://www.bing.com/webmaster/help/submit-urls-to-bing-62f2860a

    Hope this helps you. Thank you.

    RankBot

    4 years ago

    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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