: GWT showing 0 sitemaps links I currently have 3 sitemaps (as rss) on a large site. Two of them seem to be getting indexed well, but the third (blog-rss.xml) isn't getting indexed at all:

@Deb1703797

I agree that google is slow at indexing and all that, but you could try to speed it up. Just go into webmaster tools then:


Select the website containing the sitemap that has/had 0 links processed.
Select the gear icon at the top right.
Select site settings.
Select "Limit Google's maximum crawl rate".
Move the slider to the right-most setting. The slider arrow should point between g and h in the word high.


Depending on how well google trusts your site and how popular it is, doing the above steps can increase the crawl rate from about 0.33 requests a second to well over 10 requests a second. Doing this might give you desired results sooner.

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@Ann8826881

It has only been a few days... you really need to give Google more time.

Search engines are notoriously slow because, think about it, they are indexing the entire Internet. See what the next couple of weeks gives you. Also keep in mind that Google Webmaster Tools is 2-3 days behind normally so you may see something different in the morning. (Updates about 3am EST)

Google goes in fits and starts. There are times where it will index like crazy, index at a moderately slow pace, and not index at all. It can be weeks at a time for each. Do not freak-out. This is not an indication of a problem.

The fact that all three have been downloaded and that some seem to be read okay, you should be fine.

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