Put URLs into the sitemap
Why it matters
The sitemap is valid but lists no pages, so it gives search engines nothing to use. Usually the generator is set to exclude everything or finds no public content.
The fix
- Check the sitemap generator's settings and its filters. A rule that excludes every page, a wrong base URL, or content that is all marked noindex or unpublished produces an empty sitemap.
- Regenerate it, and make sure it lists at least the pages you want in search results, with absolute https URLs.
Related
- Reported by the robots.txt and sitemap check
- Add a robots.txt file
- Fix the server error on robots.txt
- Fix the syntax of robots.txt
- Shrink the robots.txt file
- Allow search engines in robots.txt
- Publish an XML sitemap
- List the sitemap in robots.txt
- Make the sitemap reachable
- Fix the sitemap format
- Split the sitemap into several files
- Remove URLs from other domains in the sitemap
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