Google's John Mueller said in a video hangout at the 3:16 mark that the URLs Google finds in your XML sitemap files are often used to define your canonical URLs. John said "we recommend doing that is ...

Google has updated the sitemap section of the localized pages search help documentation to say that "Child elements don't count towards the URL limit for sitemaps." Google said that it clarified in ...

The Rapid Index Checker Google index checker tool processes up to 100,000 URLs per project and returns indexing status data within seconds. SEO professionals can check Google index status by pasting ...

A few months back I discovered a shocking bug in how Google handles XML sitemaps, which enabled brand new sites to rank for competitive shopping terms by hijacking the equity from legitimate sites. I ...

Sitemaps make it easier for search engines to discover and index your pages. Here's all you need to know and how to create one. When building a website, you want to ensure search engines can easily ...

XML sitemaps may sound technical, but they’re very simple, often auto-generated within content management systems (CMS), and essential for achieving SEO success. Without a sitemap, you’re relying ...

The WordPress bug affects websites sitemaps that are generated by the WordPress core. The bug affects websites that have so many pages that they need more than one XML site map. According to the bug ...