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Sitemap approved but not indexed?
Posted by on May 7, 2020 at 3:44 pmHello, I submitted my sitemap today and it was approved. My homepage is indexed, however, the rest of my 10 URLs have not been indexed. Is there a problem here or do I just need to wait? Thanks for the help
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If you paste each of the 10 URLs into the search console it will tell you whether or not the page has indexing issues 🙂
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Type in “site:yourdomainurl” on Google
If you see results, great! If not, it’s completely normal for Google to analyze your site to determine the niche and other information. Google is not ever going to be instant for you 100% of the time.
DO NOT fall for scams that claim there are ways to instant index sites by using their program – it doesn’t work.
Each time you submit a sitemap, and the sitemap is taken by the web crawlers and scanned. You will sometimes see instant results, but usually you’re going to need to wait and periodically check your Google search console for updates.
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If you have a brand new, small-ish, website, its very common for it to take a few weeks before Gogle starts rolling in all of your pages into search results.
And once they do start rolling in, they still won’t rank for much right off the bat (you’ll have to get ultra specific like search: “websitename(dot)com + target keyword). Like Lxium said, as long as search console says they are indexable, then you’ve done everything right.
To take things to the next level, that’s where optimization comes in.
If you happen to have an e-commerce website, I recently published an article on how you can most effectively optimize your pages to rank in search. It’s written by Ariel Kozicki, the SEO Lead at fashion sustainability brand, Reformation: [https://tekki.digital/seo-checklist-for-e-commerce-websites/](https://tekki.digital/seo-checklist-for-e-commerce-websites/). Again, its targeted at e-commerce sites — but actually covers a lot of info that helps any site.
The first five tips are within the article itself. And in an effort to build up my email subscriber list, I have 11 more gated, more advanced tips that I’d be happy to share with you as well. If you DM me on reddit I would be happy to share them with you that way as well. (Same with anyone reading this).
Cheers,
Elizabeth (Founder of [TEKKI.digital](https://TEKKI.digital) + SEO Lead @ FOX Networks Group)
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