Ultimate Sitemap Guide for Beginners (Step by Step)
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Күн бұрынIf you want to know how to create a Sitemap for your WordPress website, best practices, and the intricacies of sitemaps, then you are in luck. We have created the Ultimate Sitemap Guide for Beginners. rankmath.com/kb/configure-sit...
We hope this tutorial will help you get one step closer to becoming an SEO expert for your website or business.
Let’s get started!
Chapters (Timestamps):
00:00 - Introduction
00:57 - Types of Sitemaps
01:40 - What We Will Discuss
02:36 - Google’s Sitemap Guidelines
05:22 - Benefits of Having a Sitemap
06:41 - Create Sitemap With Rank Math
09:53 - How to Submit Sitemap to Google
11:07 - Configure Your Sitemap Settings
11:26 - General Sitemap Settings
14:34 - Authors Sitemap Settings
15:37 - Posts & Pages Sitemap Settings
16:30 - Attachments Sitemap Settings
18:00 - Forum Sitemap Settings
19:09 - Product Sitemap Settings
19:22 - Quizzes Sitemap Settings
19:51 - Taxonomies Sitemap Settings
23:02 - Special Sitemaps (For PRO Users)
23:11 - News Sitemap Settings
26:59 - Video Sitemap Settings
29:32 - Local Sitemap Settings
31:28 - Troubleshooting Sitemap Issues
31:52 - Sitemap Link Throws a 404 Error
33:53 - Sitemap Link Shows a Blank Page
34:58 - Outro
Knowledgebase Articles:
► News Sitemap: rankmath.com/kb/news-sitemap/
► Video Sitemap: rankmath.com/kb/video-sitemap/
► Submit Sitemap to Google: rankmath.com/kb/submit-sitema...
► KML Sitemap: rankmath.com/kb/kml-sitemap/
► Local SEO: rankmath.com/kb/submit-sitema...
► Fix Sitemap Issues: rankmath.com/kb/fix-sitemap-i...
► Apache server error: rankmath.com/kb/fix-sitemap-i...
► Nginx server error: rankmath.com/kb/fix-sitemap-i...
► Exclude Sitemaps from Caching: rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitem...
Google’s General Sitemap Guidelines:
► developers.google.com/search/...
Google Search Console:
► search.google.com/search-cons...
Thin Content:
► developers.google.com/search/...
Google’s Guidelines for News Sitemap:
► developers.google.com/search/...
How To Get Your GEO Coordinates:
► support.google.com/maps/answe...
With this, we hope that you are now equipped with the knowledge of creating and managing your sitemap like an expert, even if you are a beginner.
If you have any questions at all, feel free to ask them in the comments section. We will do our best to help you out!
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@maidinallentx2959 Жыл бұрын
Excelente tutorial muy sencillo facil de seguir y aporta mucho Gracias
@RankMath 10 ай бұрын
Hello, and thanks for your comment. We appreciate your kind words. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions.
@HealthglowsNet 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this brilliant tutorial!
@RankMath 5 ай бұрын
Hello, and thanks for your comment. Glad you liked our video. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions.
@user-st3sd3us7e Жыл бұрын
great video !!! Thank you so much!
@RankMath 10 ай бұрын
Hello, and thanks for your comment. Glad you liked our video. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions.
@kimnguyen6089 Жыл бұрын
Love it, thank you!
@RankMath 10 ай бұрын
Hello and thank you for your comment. Glad that helped. We hope that your experience with plugin excels. Please feel free to reach out to us again in case you need any other assistance.
@messeguemtarek6219 2 жыл бұрын
Great tuto as usual 💪
@RankMath 10 ай бұрын
Hello and thanks for your comment. Glad that helped. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions.
@CHEmamhosen 5 ай бұрын
💖Thank you Rank Math💖
@RankMath 5 ай бұрын
Hello, and thanks for your comment. Glad that helped. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions.
@KevinFoulds Жыл бұрын
Excellent video Jack. I wondered where you had gone...
@RankMath 10 ай бұрын
Hello, and thanks for your comment. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions.
@HealthglowsNet 6 ай бұрын
What a great intro! Hahahaha you have said it all.
@RankMath 5 ай бұрын
Hello, and thanks for your comment. Glad that helped. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions.
@trevordreilich729 Жыл бұрын
Your videos are the best! I am very new to building a website but you are helping us so much. I have a question, Should I do the sitemap creation now in the beginning of my build or wait until I am done? thanks
@RankMath Жыл бұрын
Hello, thank you for your comment. Rank Math automatically creates sitemaps for your website that make it easier for search engines to understand your site structure. The sitemaps are generated on the fly when you enable the module on your new website, so you don't need to create that manually. Hope that helps, and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need my assistance with anything else.
@mesab007 Жыл бұрын
you are a blessing as usual very smart accurate and helpful . but i didn't find any duplicated page on my sitemap just a lot of URL inside each other shows my website categories
@RankMath 10 ай бұрын
Hello and thank you for your comment. Glad that helped. We hope that your experience with plugin excels. Please feel free to reach out to us again in case you need any other assistance.
@saidelhansali9570 Жыл бұрын
Hello PLease need to know how to add the sub categories to the main home page of the web ?
@RankMath Жыл бұрын
Hello, thank you for your comment. If you’re looking to create subcategories, you can follow the steps below. 1) You can add and edit child categories in exactly the same way you added your parent categories. 2) When you’re editing a post, open the settings panel and scroll down to the Categories tab. 3) Next, click the ‘Add New Category’ option and type in the name of your child category. Then select the category that you want to use as the parent from the dropdown list. 4) Similarly, you can also go to Posts » Categories to add child categories. 5) Just type in the name of your child category and select the parent category from the dropdown menu. If this isn’t something you were looking for, please open a support ticket here so that our team can closely look into this: rankmath.com/support We look forward to helping you.
@niteshkhelp8483 2 жыл бұрын
how we can add "google news" sitemap of rankmath plugin in search console please tell me solution.
@RankMath 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, Thanks for your comment. Make sure that the Include in Sitemap option is enabled in the News Sitemap settings and submit your main sitemap to GSC and Google will automatically detect the news sitemap. You also check this tutorial on how to submit your sitemap to Google. rankmath.com/kb/configure-sitemaps/#submitting-your-sitemap If you run into any issues, open a support ticket and we would love to help you sort it: rankmath.com/support/
@ledo.imanghorbani Жыл бұрын
really nice man thanks a lot could you provide a full sample of a xml site map thanks
@RankMath Жыл бұрын
Hello, thank you for your comment, Here's an article on how to Build and submit a sitemap. You can see the sample sitemap format below: developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/build-sitemap#xml Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
@aa-.-477 Жыл бұрын
@@RankMath Having problems with the download
@RankMath Жыл бұрын
Hello, and thanks for your comment, Did you mean downloading Rank Math PRO? If yes, Could you please follow the below steps? Step 1: Update to the latest version of Rank Math PRO manually: rankmath.com/kb/update-rank-math-manually/ Step 2: Disconnect your account from WordPress Dashboard > Rank Math > Dashboard > Help Step 3: Reconnect from the same page using the same account you used to make a purchase. Here is a KB to help you along the way as well: rankmath.com/kb/how-to-upgrade-to-rank-math-pro/ If you are having issues, you can always raise your question here rankmath.com/support/ and our support team would be happy to assist you.
@JanSchick 4 ай бұрын
hello guys, I placed the sitemap to my canonical https www but also to a second version of my website that hast not "www". now I don't know how to erase the sitemap from the 2nd one... thanks for ur reply, jan
@RankMath 4 ай бұрын
Hello, thank you for your comment. Could you please submit a support ticket here rankmath.com/support/ so we can look closely into this issue? Looking forward to helping you.
@David-Underland 2 жыл бұрын
Index or no-index product tags and product tags in sitemap yes or no?
@RankMath 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, Thank you for your comment. There is an advantage in indexing these pages as long as you don't have identical posts and content. In the vast majority of your categories and tags (with a small number of products in many), they can help you rank for a wide range of buyer intent search terms. Tags should be indexed if a store has more than 100 products; otherwise, indexing categories should adequate for most stores to avoid a thin content penalty from Google. Hope this helps.
@dumifashion1 Жыл бұрын
Google can't find my sitemap and I've had it uploaded for two months. It is set step by step but still can't find it.
@RankMath Жыл бұрын
Hello, thank you for your comment, Can you submit a support ticket here: rankmath.com/support/ so that our team can look into this closely? Looking forward to helping you
@dumifashion1 Жыл бұрын
@@RankMath ok, thank you for help!
@user-db8hv3gk8t Жыл бұрын
Hello, i registered with an email that is not the one that owns the property of my website on search console. Is there any way i can fix it?
@RankMath Жыл бұрын
Hello, thank you for your comment. Can you submit a support ticket here: rankmath.com/support/ so that our team can look into this closely? Looking forward to helping you.
@vikingwarriorinfo 9 ай бұрын
I am getting "couldn't fetch" when submitting video sitemap to google console.
@RankMath 9 ай бұрын
Hello, thank you for your comment. Can you please follow the steps mentioned in the guide below? This should help you to figure out and resolve the issue. rankmath.com/kb/couldnt-fetch-error-google-search-console/ Note: after applying the fix, please try re-submitting your sitemap to GSC to see if that’s working. If this doesn't help, can you submit a support ticket here: rankmath.com/support/ so that our team can look into this closely? Looking forward to helping you.
@alltopicsnow Жыл бұрын
I have seen the limit per post-sitemap is set to 200. I have changed it to 100k. Is there any problem with that?
@RankMath Жыл бұрын
Hello, Thank you for your comment. Including a huge number of posts in a single sitemap will require more server resources for the sitemap to load. Earlier, the default value for this setting was 1000. But, we’ve observed that Google responds better to smaller pages in sitemaps. Thus, we’ve reduced the value to 200, which is our recommended setting. Hope that helps, and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
@ToyukaYagami-zr4lb 10 ай бұрын
what should i do after reaching 200 post limit? my old content is not showing and no new sitemap is created@@RankMath
@RankMath 10 ай бұрын
Hello, thank you for your comment. Can you submit a support ticket here: rankmath.com/support/ so that our team can look into this closely? Looking forward to helping you.
@rahulrc2241 2 жыл бұрын
While clicking sitemap link, it's showing 404 not found....wat to do??? Pls help me
@RankMath 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, Thank you for your comment. Can you please follow these steps? 1. Flush the Sitemap cache by following this video screencast: i.rankmath.com/pipRDp 2. Exclude the Sitemap files of the Rank Math plugin in your caching plugin. The cache could be via a plugin or from the server. For plugins or Cloudflare, please follow this article: rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/ That should fix the issue. More information about this in this knowledgebase article: rankmath.com/kb/sitemap-404-error/ If you run into any issues, open a support ticket and we would love to help you sort it: rankmath.com/support/We are here to help.
@rahulrc2241 2 жыл бұрын
@@RankMath thank you ❤️
@RankMath 2 жыл бұрын
Glad that helped. You're always welcome. If you run into any issues, please do not hesitate to open a support ticket. We are here to help.
@VitalaidMarriages Жыл бұрын
Is there need to submit a sitemap to other search engines?
@RankMath Жыл бұрын
Hello, thank you for your comment. Ideally, you only need to submit your sitemap to major search engines like Google and Bing. We would also recommend that you include your sitemap index in your robots.txt so that most web crawlers will discover your website’s sitemaps easily. Here is a detailed tutorial - rankmath.com/kb/add-sitemaps-to-robots-txt/ Hope that helps, and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
@VitalaidMarriages Жыл бұрын
I installed Rankmath plugin on my WordPress blog. I was going through my posts I discovered there are duplicated posts so I deleted them only to find out the titles are still showing on my home page but when you click on them it will tell you the post has been deleted. How can I delete them properly
@RankMath Жыл бұрын
Hello, and thank you for your comment, Can you please open a support ticket here (rankmath.com/support/) so that our support team can closely look into this issue? Looking forward to helping you.
@horseracingsense 9 ай бұрын
Should we toggle on HTML sitemap
@RankMath 9 ай бұрын
Hello, thank you for your comment. Yes, you should toggle on the HTML sitemap option in Rank Math to enable it. This can be done by navigating to Rank Math → Sitemap Settings → HTML Sitemap and toggling the HTML Sitemap option. Hope that helps and please do not hesitate to let us know if you need our assistance with anything else.
@lukassoblog 2 жыл бұрын
How do i fix sitemap appears to be a HTML Page? I've tried all possible fix to no avail.
@RankMath 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, Thanks for your comment. Can you please follow these steps? 1. Flush the Sitemap cache by following this video screencast: i.rankmath.com/pipRDp 2. Exclude the Sitemap files of the Rank Math plugin in your caching plugin. The cache could be via a plugin or from the server. For plugins or Cloudflare, please follow this article: rankmath.com/kb/exclude-sitemaps-from-caching/ Once done, remove all the sitemaps from GSC and add sitemap_index.xml and wait for Google to crawl the sitemap. I hope that helps. If you run into any issues, open a support ticket and we would love to help you sort it: rankmath.com/support/ We look forward to hearing back from you.
@lukassoblog 2 жыл бұрын
@@RankMath Thanks for the response. I've fixed this but the sitemap is now showing 0 URLs discovered for over a week now. What could be the issue?
@RankMath 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, could you please submit a support ticket so that our team can assist you in resolving this issue? Our support staff is available 24/7 to help you. rankmath.com/support/ This way, you'll get a lot better and faster response.
@maguajebeauty5025 2 жыл бұрын
I followed through this video but my site was not added to Google search console automatically.
@RankMath 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, sorry to hear that, can you submit a support ticket here: rankmath.com/support/ so that our team can look into this closely? Looking forward to helping you.
@tkot7857 5 ай бұрын
9:28
@RankMath 5 ай бұрын
Hello, thank you for your comment. How can we help you? Can you submit a support ticket here: rankmath.com/support/ so that our team can look into this closely? Looking forward to helping you.
@Kim-up7fz 11 күн бұрын
7:52
@RankMath 9 күн бұрын
Hello, Thank you for your comment. Can you please give us more information about the question? Alternatively, you can refer to these guides about Google Analytics: rankmath.com/kb/install-google-analytics/ rankmath.com/kb/connect-your-google-account/ Hope this helps. If you encounter any issues with Rank Math, you can always raise your question here rankmath.com/support/ and our support team would be happy to assist you.
@Kim-up7fz 9 күн бұрын
@@RankMath Hi, i just made the bookmark for myself😁 thanks a lot!
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