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    XML sitemap generator only crawling 20% of my site

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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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