Sitemap Over 50,000 URLs: Split It With a Sitemap Index
A single sitemap.xml caps at 50,000 URLs and 50 MB uncompressed. Search Console says "Couldn't fetch" or only reads the first 50,000. How to split correctly and resubmit.
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Sitemap lastmod Is Always Today and Google Stopped Trusting It
Every URL in your sitemap reports today's `lastmod`. Googlebot crawl rate falls instead of rising, because Google now ignores the field as unreliable.
Sitemap Lists URLs That Carry noindex (How to Fix the Conflict)
Your sitemap.xml lists URLs that render `<meta name="robots" content="noindex">`. Google indexes some and not others. Why it happens and how to make both signals agree.
Sitemap Still References Old Domain After Migration
After a domain move, sitemap.xml still lists old-domain URLs and Search Console flags 'URL not allowed.' Find the stale site-URL config and fix it for good.
Sitemap URLs Missing From the Search Console Pages Report (2026)
Your sitemap is submitted and shows Success, but its URLs never appear in the Pages report. The exact checks that find the cause, with current GSC menu paths.
Audit Your Sitemap With Codex: A Step-by-Step Workflow
Use Codex CLI to spot-check sitemap correctness, freshness, and hreflang coverage against your real build output.
sitemap.xml Not Found (404) — Astro Integration / Site Fix
/sitemap.xml or /sitemap-index.xml returns 404, or Search Console says 'Couldn't fetch'. Five ranked causes with checks you run against dist/.
Submitted Sitemap But Not Indexed: 6 Real Causes (and Fixes)
Submitted a sitemap to Search Console weeks ago and still 0 pages indexed — or only a handful? Sitemap submission is not indexing. Here are the 6 real causes, how to tell which one you're hitting, and the exact fix for each.