: Why are my site's Google Webmaster Tools index status and URLs submitted statistics different? On the dashboard of my site where it shows sitemap I see 18 URLs submitted, 9 URLs indexed. However

@Tiffany637

The dashboard index status indicates status for image files as well, so that number is usually higher.

The index status should be displaying at least one page, I would be worried about this one. Go on google and type the following site:yourwebsite.com and see how many pages are returned. You'll have a better idea of what's indexed.

Also, the data changes over time. You can always create a new sitemap and submit it if there were changes to your website.

Take a look under html improvements as well, see if there are pages with the same meta description and/or title.

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@Jamie184

Just normal, this stats are not up to date, delayed for round about a week.

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@Candy875

Make sure that you created the right Sitmap.xml for your website and placed in right place as you mentioned in Google Webmaster.

I highly recommended to use Scram-Frog seo spider (If you website contend below 500 pages) or use Xenu link sleuth software to create your .XML sitemap.

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