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  • TyEl
    TyEl last edited by Apr 24, 2020, 3:18 PM

    Hi guys,

    I am trying to submit the most recent XML sitemap but the sitemap generator tools are only crawling about 20% of my site.  The site carries around 150 pages and only 37 show up on tools like xml-sitemaps.com. My goal is to get all the important URLs we care about into the XML sitemap.

    How should I go about this?

    Thanks

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    • seotools25
      seotools25 last edited by Jun 20, 2023, 12:08 PM

      I believe it's not a significant issue if the sitemap encompasses the core framework of your website. As long as the sitemap is well-organized, omitting a few internal pages is acceptable since Googlebot will crawl all pages based on the sitemap. Take a look at the <a href="https://convowear.in">example page</a> that also excludes some pages, yet it doesn't impact the site crawler's functionality.

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      • ChunkyChuck
        ChunkyChuck last edited by Jan 5, 2021, 12:26 PM Jan 5, 2021, 12:26 PM

        Yes Yoast on WordPress works fine for sitemap generation. I would also recommend that. Using on all of my blog sites.

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        • noahjohn7788
          noahjohn7788 last edited by Dec 18, 2020, 8:16 AM Dec 18, 2020, 8:16 AM

          If you are using WordPress then I would recommend to use Yoast plugin. It generates sitemap automatically regularly. I am also using it on my blog.

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          • topic:timeago_earlier,about a month
          • ndsjiu7823
            ndsjiu7823 Banned last edited by Nov 16, 2020, 12:04 PM Nov 16, 2020, 12:04 PM

            I'm using Yoast SEO plugin for my website. It generates the Sitemap automatically.

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            • topic:timeago_earlier,6 months
            • Smantha
              Smantha last edited by May 29, 2020, 2:54 AM May 29, 2020, 2:54 AM

              My new waterproof tent reviews blog facing the crawling problem. How can I fix that?

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              • topic:timeago_earlier,15 days
              • asdasdfasf
                asdasdfasf last edited by May 13, 2020, 3:41 PM May 13, 2020, 3:41 PM

                use Yoast or rankmath ot fix it

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                • topic:timeago_earlier,9 days
                • Nozzle
                  Nozzle @TyEl last edited by May 4, 2020, 3:58 PM May 4, 2020, 3:58 PM

                  Patrick wrote a list of reasons why Screaming Frog might not be crawling certain pages here: https://moz.com/community/q/screamingfrog-won-t-crawl-my-site#reply_300029.

                  Hopefully that list can help you figure out your site's specific issue.

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                  • TyEl
                    TyEl last edited by May 4, 2020, 1:49 PM May 4, 2020, 1:49 PM

                    This doesn't really answer my question of why I am not able to get all links into the XML sitemap when using xml sitemap generators.

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                    • Graduationmall
                      Graduationmall last edited by Apr 28, 2020, 4:48 AM Apr 28, 2020, 4:48 AM

                      I think it's not a big deal if the sitemap covers the main structure of your site. If your sitemap is constructed in a really decent structure, then missing some internal pages are acceptable because Googlebot will crawl all of your pages based on your site map. You can see the following page which also doesn't cover all of its pages, but there's no influence in terms of site crawler.

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                      • TyEl
                        TyEl last edited by Apr 24, 2020, 11:05 PM Apr 24, 2020, 11:05 PM

                        Thanks Boyd but unfortunately I am still missing a good chunk of URLs here and I am wondering why? Do those check on internal links in order to find these pages?

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                        • Nozzle
                          Nozzle last edited by Apr 24, 2020, 7:27 PM Apr 24, 2020, 7:27 PM

                          Use Screaming Frog to crawl your site. It is free to download the software and you can use the free version to crawl up to 500 URLs.

                          After it crawls your site you can click on the Sitemaps tab and generate an XML sitemap file to use.

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