Issue with Sitemap URLs Not Showing in Google Search Console

Hello,

From the screenshots you shared we can see that Google Search Console successfully processed your sitemap and even discovered 1197 pages.

Please note that a sitemap is only one of many ways Google discovers the URLs of your site. If Google discovers the URLs through other means, it may not cross-reference your sitemap to check if the URL is there. Google actually prioritizes discovering your URLs through internal linking.

Ranking on Google depends on so much more than just your on-page optimization. You could search for your keyword or post title, or have the perfect article and still struggle to break the top 10 results when searching on Google, especially for highly competitive keywords.

Here are some of the factors Google considers when ranking your website.

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 you are using is.
4. How many backlinks you have and if they are better than what the other websites 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 breaking into the top SERPs. Here are a few resources you will find useful while devising an SEO strategy.

1. Carry out Keyword Research: https://mythemeshop.com/blog/keyword-research/
2. Identify Keyword Intent: https://www.semrush.com/blog/how-to-identify-intent-in-search/
3. Write Awesome Content: https://neilpatel.com/blog/ingredients-of-great-content/
4. Carry out On-Page SEO: https://mythemeshop.com/blog/how-to-do-seo-optimizing-your-site-for-google/
5. Carry out Off-Page SEO: https://mythemeshop.com/blog/how-to-do-seo-off-page-optimization/
6. Build Backlinks: https://www.rankxl.com/outreach-link-building/

Hope that helps, and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.

Hello,

For initial troubleshooting, we suggest you check your Google Search Console, Page Indexing report to determine any issues reported on your site:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/7440203?hl=en

If there are any issues, then please share those with us here, and we’ll be assisting you with our best effort. You can also use a tool like Imgur to share screenshots of those errors with us.

Since there have been a few algorithm updates that came from Google, you can also monitor Google Algorithm updates and ranking drops. Check if you’ve been hit by an Algorithm update of Google: https://rankmath.com/kb/google-algorithm-updates/

If it seems like you may have been affected by an algorithm update, please refer to the following guidelines on how to confirm that and fix it: https://rankmath.com/blog/google-algorithm-update-recovery/.

Let us know how it goes. We are looking forward to helping you further.

Thanks

Hello,

Since you are considering starting a new website, we recommend focusing on these foundational SEO practices from the beginning to prevent similar issues in the future. Going forward it is important you implement a robust SEO strategy including both on-page and off-page SEO techniques. Also regularly update your content to keep it fresh and relevant. Google rewards sites that provide up-to-date information.

We hope this helps.

Thanks.

Hello,

We are glad we could address your concern.

Please feel free to create a new forum topic if you do have another question in the future.

It will be our pleasure to assist you again.

Thank you.