The Sitemap XML page is the one page where response time isn’t going to negatively affect your rankings. Google will be patient enough within reason to successfully fetch metadata up to the ...

Google's Mueller answered how Search Console handles sitemap uploads but also said there are no set timelines for crawling.

Detailed information on sitemaps and the benefits of using them. This article covers how to properly create an XML sitemap and submit it to Google.

New XML sitemap generator will make it easier for WordPress sites to get indexed on search engines like Google.

Navigation and sitemaps The two most visible representations of your site structure are found in your navigation and your sitemap.

A WordPress 5.5 sitemap bug was reported that affects some sites with native WordPress sitemaps. The bug creates non-existent XML sitemap pages. The issue has been officially confirmed.

Here is one more tidbit for you on video sitemaps. According to Googler, JohnMu, your video sitemaps content should match that of what is found on the destination page.

John Mueller from Google explained on Twitter the difference between the timestamp date in an XML Sitemaps lasmod date and the date on a web page. John said the sitemaps lastmod is when the page ...