Sitemaps

Sitemap contains no URLs

A sitemap that contains no URLs gives search engines nothing to discover.

What it is

This check flags a sitemap that responds successfully but has zero entries.

Why it matters for SEO

An empty sitemap defeats its purpose and may indicate a broken generation process hiding your URLs.

Example

<urlset xmlns='http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9'></urlset>

How to fix

  1. Fix the generator so it outputs your indexable URLs.
  2. Verify it includes new and important pages.
  3. Re-submit in Search Console.
  4. Re-crawl to confirm URLs are listed.

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