: Google sitemap hasn't been indexed after a few months A few months ago I created a WordPress blog, installed the SEO by Yoast plugin, and submitted a sitemap to Google's Webmaster Tools. However,

@Welton855

If the website is crawled and indexed properly then you dont need to worry about sitemap. It important only when you have large number of pages.

However to expedite the process you go to webmaster > Crawl > Fetch as Google - enter the url of your sitemap, usually it is sitemap.xml. Hit the fetch button to see if everything is ok and click on submit to index button.

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@Nimeshi995

If your pages are being indexed properly, that is all you need. Google uses the sitemap primarily to audit if they can properly crawl your site and not as a source of URLs TO crawl your site.

Sitemaps are only necessary when a site is extremely large or has content behind a paywall or login. Otherwise, Google will largely ignore the sitemap. There is nothing for you to do.

You will see the pages indexed change up and down from time to time while Google audits your site. This is normal. As well, it is often as much as a couple of months behind.

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