Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.
I’ve checked your sitemap, and it seems to be working fine.
Each time Google uses a sitemap to find a URL, the count of the Discovered URLs increases by one. When the count of the Discovered URLs is zero, it means Google didn’t use the sitemap to find the URLs.
Here’s a link for more information:
https://rankmath.com/kb/zero-discovered-urls-through-sitemap/
Hope that helps.
Thank you.
So its advantage or disadvantage
Hello,
That will not be a disadvantage since Google already crawled your URLs using different methods.
Please note that if the URLs are getting discovered by other means then the discovered URLs in the sitemap section can be zero. It mostly happens when you have good internal linking or use the Instant Indexing plugin. Can you please confirm if that’s the case on your site?
Looking forward to helping you.
Thank you.
Yes I I have instant indexing plugin
Hello,
It fine to see zero discovered URLs there. Since, sitemap is only a backup crawling/discovery mechanism for Google to crawl your URLs.
The root focus should be if your site URLs are being indexed on Google on not. If they are being indexed perfectly, that shouldn’t be an issue.
You can look for your coverage report section of GSC if any error has been reported by Google or not, rather than focusing on discoverd URLs count.
https://support.artlogic.net/hc/en-gb/articles/360016851260-Google-Search-Console-errors-and-coverage-issues
Looking forward to helping you.
Thank you.
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.
