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    • TyEl
      TyEl last edited by

      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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      • Nozzle
        Nozzle last edited by

        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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        • TyEl
          TyEl last edited by

          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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          • Graduationmall
            Graduationmall last edited by

            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

              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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              • Nozzle
                Nozzle @TyEl last edited by

                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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                • asdasdfasf
                  asdasdfasf last edited by

                  use Yoast or rankmath ot fix it

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                  • Smantha
                    Smantha last edited by

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

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                    • HeinHaji
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                      • ndsjiu7823
                        ndsjiu7823 last edited by

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

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                        • noahjohn7788
                          noahjohn7788 last edited by

                          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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                          • ChunkyChuck
                            ChunkyChuck last edited by

                            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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