Hello,
We apologize for the issue you are facing with your Sitemap and Favicon not being indexed. Resubmitting your Sitemap is a good step to take, as it can help Google discover and crawl your pages more effectively. However, if you are still seeing "Discovered pages: 0," there may be other underlying issues that need to be addressed.
Here are a few things you can check:
- Technical Issues: Ensure there are no technical problems preventing Google from crawling your site, such as restrictions in your
robots.txt file or slow load times.
- Content Quality: Make sure that the pages you want indexed provide significant value and are not considered thin or duplicate content.
- Internal Linking: Include internal links to the pages from other high-traffic and relevant pages on your site to help Google find them.
- Favicon Specifics: For the Favicon, ensure that it is correctly linked in your site’s HTML and that it meets the required specifications for size and format.
If the problem persists after resubmitting your Sitemap and checking these factors, we recommend replying to this ticket so a human agent from the Rank Math Support team can assist you further.
Thank you for raising this concern!
Hello,
Thank you for contacting us and sorry for any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.
Please note that the Discovered URLs 0 that you see in Google Search Console just means that the URLs in the sitemap were already found by Googlebot by other means, instead of via the sitemap. For example, Googlebot may have found the URLs from internal links or possibly from links on another site. It mostly happens when you have good internal linking or use the Instant Indexing plugin.
Here’s a link you can check for more information:
https://rankmath.com/kb/zero-discovered-urls-through-sitemap/
Regarding the favicon, unfortunately, Rank Math has no control over how it will appear on the SERP. The images on Google SERPs are not controlled via the Schema markup or any plugin, it mostly depends on the keyword search term and the website authority.
You can check these Google guidelines on how to ensure that your favicon is set up to show on the search results page.
Hope that helps and please don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any other questions.
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.
