Submit a Sitemap to Google Search Console | How to Find & Add Your XML Sitemap to GSC

Wondering how to find and submit your XML sitemap to Google Search Console? That's what I'm diving into in this tutorial.
Whether you're creating a sitemap and adding it for the very first time, or if you'd like to submit an updated sitemap, this tutorial walks you through the step-by-step process.
Google Search Console: search.google....
Most Common Sitemap URLs:
WordPress (using Yoast): www.yourdomain.com/sitemap_index.xml
Squarespace: www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml
Shopify: www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml
Showit: www.yourdomain.com/siteinfo.xml
What is a sitemap?
A sitemap tells Google which pages and files you think are important in your site, and also provides valuable information about these files: for example, for pages, when the page was last updated, how often the page is changed, and any alternate language versions of a page.
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[@franshescomviran5741]

I looked at many videos and yours was to the point. Took on ly 5 mins for me to figure this out. Thank you so much.

[@MariahMagazine]

Aw yay, I’m so glad this was helpful. Thank you for your kind comment ✨

[@danielleklemmm]

Mariah is the best ever -- I literally get excited any time I see a new tutorial I need help with come up and her name is first

[@MariahMagazine]

Aw yay, thanks girl. I appreciate you!! ☺️🥰🥳🔥✨

[@florenceesho8766]

You are so good at this! Loving this channel!

[@MariahMagazine]

Aw yay, thank you so much!! I appreciate all of your kind feedback ✨💖💃🔥

[@Svarga-k4m]

How many sitemaps entry should be listed. I only see 1. Should all pages on the site be listed? Great video- Thank you

[@MariahMagazine]

Most basic sites only have one main sitemap and all of your pages on your website are listed within that sitemap. So you would just submit your one sitemap, not all your pages. Hopefully that helps!

[@successfulpeople]

Very helpful. Straight to point and clear. Better than the Google video I was trying to learn from. It was too long and didn't show anything relevant to submitting a sitemap. Thanks for this video

[@MariahMagazine]

Aw yay, I’m glad it was helpful. It’s wild bc I work in SEO and even I find the Google videos confusing sometimes lol that’s kinda my inspo for this channel…make tech things less annoying 😉

[@vipulchavan8400]

actually i too felt so but my problem isn't resolved I hope mariah or some one can help me

[@successfulpeople]

@@vipulchavan8400 hi, what was the problem? Someone might be able to help

[@FreebirdMeditations]

HI! Not sure if this is a relevant question or not, but does it matter what google account you are signed into when you do this? Thanks so much!

[@MariahMagazine]

Totally relevant. It’s a good question. It doesn’t matter which Google account you use to create your Google search console or Google analytics account, no. I would just recommend that it’s one you’re not going to forget or lose access to!

[@FreebirdMeditations]

@@MariahMagazine 👍 okay thanks so much. That helps a lot. :)

[@QuiltWithKim]

Thank you! Was completely stuck on how to set up search console which I did with your other video, then followed your end card to come here to submit my sitemap. I have two websites for each side of my business, one is new but the one I have had for over two years...and discovered it didn't have a site map! Doh 🤦🏻‍♀ Anyway, all done now! New sub here :)

[@MariahMagazine]

Aw yay, I’m so glad it was helpful ☺️☺️☺️

[@simonschindeler8806]

Very straight to the point, exactly what I needed, subscribed!

[@MariahMagazine]

Yay, love to hear it. Thanks for your support! 💖

[@lime61]

Hi, Great video, Should I submit a sitemap for each of the URL Prefix or just concentrate on the main https property?

[@MariahMagazine]

Just the main property needs a sitemap bc the other versions of your domain usually redirect to the primary version anyways. Hopefully that helps!

[@AndyFeliciotti]

Great info Mariah! thank you!

[@MariahMagazine]

My pleasure Andy, glad it was helpful!

[@bimmerangels]

Thank you Mariah! You've been so helpful! You're amazing!! Lots of love to you and your channel!

[@MariahMagazine]

Thank you! ☺️ I appreciate it.

[@Travelmammal]

Thanks so much! Admittedly, I did freak out - but just refreshed. Cheers.

[@MariahMagazine]

Lolol I’m glad everything worked out okay. Happy to help! ✨

[@jserrato1]

Thank you for the video. It was for informative. Had a quick question if I make new pages I should probably submit a new site map correct? Also do I love my current site map or should I delete it? Thanks again

[@MariahMagazine]

Nope you usually don’t have to resubmit your sitemap unless you change a ton of pages, move website platforms, or there’s an error!

[@jerrybeckettdd]

Thanks for the "refresh" tip at the end, LOL, great video

[@MariahMagazine]

Lolol it makes a WORLD of a difference. Glad I could help!

[@TimG-l9q]

Great video but I have a question: Do you need to add all the sitemap URLs that are listed on the XML Sitemap page to search console? For example you had 3 total sitemaps (/product-sitemap.xml, etc.) - which does not contain the word index in those other 3 URLs. Thank you for the feedback.

[@MariahMagazine]

Usually there’s one main sitemap, where the other sitemaps are kinda nestled inside of so just adding the one is usually fine, but depends on your specific set up!

[@TimG-l9q]

@@MariahMagazine thank you 😊

[@EranNameh]

Hi Ms. Mariah, Should i add the Sitemap to other 3 URL types of my website as well? or just the primary one?

[@MariahMagazine]

Just the primary one!

[@titusmom]

Thank you! This was perfect! You made it so easy for me to get this done. Have a blessed day! :)

[@MariahMagazine]

Aw yay, I’m glad it was helpful. Thank you for your kind comment 🥰✨

[@smallstepsgoplaces5188]

Mariah, I'm loving your videos. Small Steps.....

[@MariahMagazine]

Aw yay, thank you!! I appreciate you 🥰

[@crystalcousin3323]

Thank you! I have been having such trouble, I had the red words pop up at first and then refreshed the page like you said and it said Success. Once we submit the sitemap will google then crawl all the pages?

[@MariahMagazine]

Whoop whooooop, so glad it helped! Usually it will crawl all/most of the pages, depending how many you have on your site, and decide what to index and what to ignore, etc.

[@pjaydomingo6629]

Mariah, I have a question. My Sitemap index it says Success status but when I click the actual sitemap, the list of sub sitemaps "page, posts" has a status red that says "couldn't fetch". I tried refreshing it few times but it's not turning to green. Do you know what causes this? I'll get with Word Press support to help me on this one too. Great video!

[@MariahMagazine]

Hmmmm I can’t quite tell just from the error itself. I’d reach out to your designer or developer!

[@neclaevertse7270]

Thank you so much! To the point and easy to follow.

[@MariahMagazine]

You’re welcome!! Glad it was helpful ✨

[@CaptureCardCompany]

Had to subscribe. Do you submit a site map url for all website pages? Thanks

[@MariahMagazine]

Yay, thank you for your support. Nope! The sitemap is like a roadmap of your website and its content that the search crawlers can read. It should have all of your pages already listed inside of it, so you only have to submit it for your website in general, not for each page.

[@AlexMaggi-ct8ro]

Thanks Mariah. I was able to do this all the way to the end, and after refreshing the page, The status shows as "Success". Should I be concerned about the next two columns? My site consists of a handful of pages and posts, and I have a few videos playing on loops on some of the pages. Yet it says Discovered pages 0 and Discovered videos 0.

[@MariahMagazine]

It could be that you just submitted the sitemap so Google hasn’t crawled anything quite yet. I’d give it a few days then check back.

[@CatDean-g8w]

Such a great video, so easy to follow along. Thanks :)

[@MariahMagazine]

Glad it was helpful! 🥳

[@vipulchavan8400]

hello i saw the video it was a helpful one but just not in my case as I have designed a webflow website and really finding it difficult to figure out sitemap URL for it I would really like to have your suggestion for it and I know webflow does has its auto generated sitemap but I don't know how do I fetch my sitemap URL thanks and regards in advance

[@MariahMagazine]

Hi! Good question. For other website platforms that I didn't dive into in the video, you can Google where to find it and your website platform FAQs or support docs should come up in the search results. So for this one, I would Google "where is my webflow sitemap?" and you should find a solution that way. Hope that helps :)

[@vipulchavan8400]

thanks i would try and get back to you @@MariahMagazine

[@vipulchavan8400]

my problem is resolved and thanks for sharing the knowledge and insights 👍

[@lissettegutierrez2876]

@@vipulchavan8400 How did you resolve it? My platform says in the FAQs that i can generate the sitemap in other webpages. :(

[@JohnGriffin-sc5nz]

I like you so much, I subscribed on my personal AND work account. I have a question that I can't find an answer to...when I submit the sitemap the status reads "success" but discovered pages is 0. Is that correct?

[@MariahMagazine]

Lololol that is quite the compliment. Truly. Thank you, I appreciate it! 🔥🥰🥳 usually if you give it a few days and refresh it, the numbers will update if your website is crawlable.

[@farzadosivand4874]

Awesome! Thanks

[@MariahMagazine]

I’m glad it was helpful ✨

[@onyekachilorenz]

Thank you, Mariah!

[@MariahMagazine]

You’re welcome! ☺️

[@citytaxi7504]

Hi Mariah, Your video content is awesome! I have a question ! How to get rid of Duplicate without user-selected canonical? Like that my website is having 210 pages. & Not Found (404) like this 51 pages & Crawled - currently not indexed like this 61 pages Kindly assist me to fix the above issues. Thanks.

[@MariahMagazine]

Digging into specific Google Search Console errors has to include a ton of nuance because how/why and even IF you need to fix them depends on different things. I’m considering creating a video that explores this a little more.

[@goodcitizennewsnetwork]

worked for me. thanks for the info and no fluff.

[@MariahMagazine]

Awesome, love to hear it! Thanks for commenting ☺️✨

[@michaelanderson7145]

Clickfunnels does not have a sitemap, I had to generate one and then create a new blank page in click funnels and add the xml as custom javascript/html, but not sure I did it correctly. Can you advise on this?

[@MariahMagazine]

TBH, I don’t have a clue. I’ve never worked with click funnels. Sorry I can’t be of more help!

[@audra4229]

Thanks for all of the insight, tips and information you provide. It is incredibly helpful for a novice like me! :)

[@MariahMagazine]

Aw yay I’m so glad it’s helpful!!

[@inbalmoore5521]

Do I also need to submit the "sub-sitemaps" that appear in my sitemap file? I.e. sitemap_products_1.xml. Thanks in advance!

[@MariahMagazine]

Usually the main sitemap is good enough to submit bc it has all the other sitemaps in it. You usually only have to submit other sitemaps if your site is really large or if the pages live on a different install.

[@blaiseticha2183]

Thank you very much. Please I have a question when I submit a site map of my website to google search console do I need to submit another sitemap when I create new posts?

[@MariahMagazine]

Hi! You’re welcome ✨ Good question. Nope! As long as your new post is crawlable and findable for Google then when Google recrawls your sitemap (which is typically every few days) it should find new pages and posts. You CAN also submit your new posts to Google at a URL level to speed this up, which is what I tend to do. I dive into that in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppLLaoqjmrB5ftE

[@blaiseticha2183]

@@MariahMagazineThank you

[@Homesbygrant]

Thanks for the help! This worked like a charm.

[@MariahMagazine]

Love to hear it! I’m glad it was helpful 🙌✨

[@EmilianoPinera]

hello, I'm having a lot of trouble finding the sitemap for my website. I keep trying to look it up by doing exactly what you said in your video, I type my domain/sitemap.xml and domain/sitemap_index.xml but it keeps redirecting me to my homepage. Does anyone know what the problem is? I've been trying to do this for a long time now but I can't seem to do it. Thanks

[@MariahMagazine]

I’d contact the support team for your website platform and/or a web dev/designer for your specific platform. It could be a number of things!

[@LorenaYoungJewelry]

could you create or recommend a video that talks about setting up the feed api for condition status in google merchant center. I have a mixed bag of products that are pre-owned (used) and brand new. Yet, google says that I currently have 290 products that are disapproved due to the mismatch in condition status. thx

[@MariahMagazine]

I’ll add that to my list of videos ideas to explore. Thanks for the suggestion! 🙌✨

[@AA-wb2gb]

hi maria, thank you so much for responding to my question, bu t my question was i aleady have sitemap for my url and some pages, but when i check my google search consol i noticed some of the pages have sitmap but few don'. hsoi checked sitemap does exist on my url. so how do i add manualy sitemap on the other paes which did not pick sitemap.

[@roullahelspawn]

How are you still using Yoast? Rank Math is the present and future now

[@EZCarKeyz]

Thanks, great video!

[@MariahMagazine]

Thank you! ☺️

[@mooreskylights2165]

Thank you very much. This was great, and worked!!!

[@MariahMagazine]

You're welcome! Glad it worked out ✨

[@maha_studios]

Hi!!! Thank you for this!! I got this warning when I tried to submit my sitemap: Indexing allowed? error No: 'noindex' detected in 'X-Robots-Tag' http header ...What do I do to fix it?

[@MariahMagazine]

I’m not familiar with that so I can’t diagnose without diving into it. Sorry I can’t be of more help!

[@NevaehTimothy]

Hi mine has a list of writing not links this is for Wordpress and I do not have a pluggin can you an example of how the xml will look without a pluggin please thanks

[@MariahMagazine]

You can Google “sitemap generator” and there should be a free one that creates an XML sitemap for you if you’re not on Wordpress!

[@torontoHomeRepairs]

thanks for the awesome material. BTW, when you make a mistake google states: couldn't fetch, in red color.

[@rishabhchaudhary8622]

Thanks You :)

[@MariahMagazine]

You’re welcome!

[@travelmanMN]

Once I fix my 404 errors that the validation finds do I resubmit my map or let google crawl again?

[@MariahMagazine]

You can resubmit the URL in Google Search Console, or validate the fix while looking at the error. You usually don't have to resubmit the sitemap!

[@embikeyum]

Super helpful and clear thanks!

[@MariahMagazine]

Yay!!! Glad it helped. Thanks for your kind comment ☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@Lizzo8474]

You're amazing! Thank you i had been struggling and appreciate you

[@MariahMagazine]

You’re welcome ☺️ Glad I could help!

[@lawless8723]

thanks so much

[@MariahMagazine]

I’m glad it was helpful! ✨

[@DohaTourGuide]

Thank You!

[@MariahMagazine]

You’re welcome!

[@saalimismail]

Hi... Where would I find the sitemap for Google Sites? 😅

[@MariahMagazine]

Great question. I’m not sure! I haven’t worked on Google sites websites. Try Google searching where to find it and you should find a support doc that shows you. That’s what I would do!

[@CperkyHealthandFitness-ul5ob]

Awesome! Thanks for your help!

[@MariahMagazine]

You got it! I’m glad it was helpful. Thank you for commenting 💃💃💃✨✨

[@Rm-ml8ly]

what happens if google says it didn't discover any pages from your sitemap?

[@MariahMagazine]

I’d look into why your pages aren’t included in your sitemap. You might have submitted the wrong url or there’s an issue with something.

[@D_Dropship_Seeker]

@@MariahMagazine I have the same issue too

[@jgw.self-development]

Thank you so much!

[@MariahMagazine]

You're welcome!

[@WhiteSiroi]

thank you, very helpful

[@MariahMagazine]

You're welcome! Glad it was helpful 🫶✨

[@BttrTruth]

Excellent video.

[@MariahMagazine]

Thank you!

[@alexanderjamesakande5259]

Love this - thanks!

[@MariahMagazine]

You’re welcome ☺️ Glad I could help!

[@159kumar]

Hi when I test my sitemap url in url inspection it says that url is not on Google

[@MariahMagazine]

Your sitemap URL wouldn't be on Google. It's not a page that's going to show up in search results. It's a page for the Google bots to crawl, not a page that's good for users to find via search, so testing it in the URL inspection in Google Search Console isn't going to do any good. Test the URL in the browser, and if it leads to the right page, submit the URL to Google Search Console as shown in this video. Hope that helps!

[@sumittilekar3237]

❤ from India 🎉

[@MariahMagazine]

I appreciate it! 💖

[@techandearn15]

Appriciate

[@MariahMagazine]

I appreciate you! Thank you for commenting

[@nouraabdallah6166]

Is every time i create new page its needed to put a new sitemap

[@MariahMagazine]

Not if your sitemap updates automatically, which is usually does with most modern website platforms so you’re usually good to go with just submitting the sitemap once then.

[@olddosgeek]

Awesome! thanks!

[@MariahMagazine]

You’re welcome! ☺️

[@babajiderasaq114]

Hi, please. i have done that, but I am getting visibility when I somehow click on my company name

[@SlideMcBride-p6s]

great video. well done.

[@MariahMagazine]

Thank you very much! 🌞

[@viniciusdeandrade7144]

what if the discovered page number is 0? My website has about 13

[@MariahMagazine]

Might be an issue with the sitemap? I’m not quite sure. Or try refreshing it

[@dorafliss]

you are amazingggg

[@MariahMagazine]

lol thank you!! ☺️

[@Stalin_of_USSR]

Great video ❤

[@MariahMagazine]

Thank you!! ☺️

[@sarah-rz6yv]

THANK YOU QUEEN

[@MariahMagazine]

My pleasure!! Thank you for the kind comment ☺️☺️☺️☺️

[@RHolloway-q9s]

M money for the win!

[@MariahMagazine]

Lollllll I’m going to make all my friends call me this from now on

[@PeterKarpouzas-bd3fv]

Good Stuff, thank you for your input

[@MariahMagazine]

Awesome! I’m glad it was helpful 🙌💃

[@adroitcreations23]

Please tell me for google site how i find my roadmap aka sitemap. thanks

[@MariahMagazine]

I’ve never used Google sites, so I’m not sure. You should be able to Google “how to find my sitemap for Google sites” and I’d assume they have a support doc. That’s what I would do!

[@adroitcreations23]

@MariahMagazine yeah lots of rubbish online lots of rubbish all around the place trying to sift through it is like trying to reach the moon with a go Kart! I'll just figure it out myself, I hope 🤣

[@willbaack7997]

Yep, once submitted, mine said "couldn't fetch" refreshing the page immediately came back as "success" Thanks.

[@MariahMagazine]

Yessss that little refresh trick can save a lot of sanity LOL

[@GlitzsGlam]

thank you girly for this

[@MariahMagazine]

You’re welcome!

[@jessemadisonphotography]

Thank you!

[@MariahMagazine]

You're welcome!

[@Kevin-nj1je]

thank you so much a fantanasic help

[@MariahMagazine]

Yay, awesome! Thanks for commenting ✨

[@abhijeetkumarsingh8815]

How to upload sitemap, when you have created your own website, not with WordPress or anything.

[@MariahMagazine]

That’s a great question. Unfortunately, I’m not too sure. I’ve only worked with websites on platforms like WordPress, Squarespace, Shopify, etc so I’ve never had to dabble with it.

[@GlitzsGlam]

i need to get traffic to my website local traffic

[@MariahMagazine]

Submitting your sitemap is a good start with that 😊

[@GlitzsGlam]

@@MariahMagazine I have to re watch this because I use Wix and am confused 🫤

[@brimstonestorytellers]

Thank you so much...

[@MariahMagazine]

You're most welcome 🤗

[@matthewtown27]

hallelujah

[@MariahMagazine]

🙌

[@matthewtown27]

​@@MariahMagazine Thanks for the great video, I submited my sitmap succesfully. When I do a google search of my website it just shows up the domain name and little bit of test from my first page, is there a way to show all the folders that are within the website in the google search. Apoligise if this isnt well explained. Thanks

[@everyhustlehelps]

You would look great in kitchen x

[@TheHouseOfRonin]

lol she will def not be commenting on this post but she will take the traffic

[@everyhustlehelps]

@@TheHouseOfRonin update my kitchen is still empty

[@audunjemtland8287]

I changed permalink structure from default: ?p=123 to Post name: sample-post/ Site is pretty new but was indexed before this change. What do I need to do, to completely index the site with brand new permalink structure? (The entire website lost it's visibility(seo ranking), though the site does exist on google and are active.) Server: Nginx

[@MariahMagazine]

You’d have to create 301 redirects from all the old URLs to the new ones.

[@audunjemtland8287]

@@MariahMagazine So it cannot be done another way? Google Console won't accept re-submitions?

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[@ansp-fm6cf]

Awesome video! Thanks!

[@MariahMagazine]

Thank you! 😊

[@Dynamicdesignspulaski]

Thank you - great video.

[@MariahMagazine]

Glad you liked it! 🥳