Can an XML sitemap be nested?
Ryan Siddle, an SEO, asked John Mueller of Google if Google supports nested XML sitemap index files. The answer is no, Google does not support it.
What is the maximum of URLs allowed in an XML sitemap file?
50,000 URLs
All formats limit a single sitemap to 50MB (uncompressed) and 50,000 URLs. If you have a larger file or more URLs, you will have to break your list into multiple sitemaps.
How many XML Sitemaps should I have?
A single XML sitemap is recommended for basic and small websites with about hundred pages. Creating both sitemaps is effortless, especially when using a sitemap generator. There are however many other compatible formats you can have, but at the moment, the two are highly recommended.
Which is the default URL for a sitemap?
That is the default URL for sitemaps generated by the Yoast SEO plugin. The sitemap is delivered by Yoast SEO that way with a purpose. XML files can only become so large before it’s unreliable for crawlers to download and read them.
When is an XML sitemap useful for SEO?
Here’s where the XML sitemap is really useful to SEOs: when you’re submitting a bunch of pages to Google for indexing, and only some of them are actually getting indexed. Google Search Console won’t tell you which pages they’re indexing, only an overall number indexed in each XML sitemap.
How big can a sitemap file be for SEO?
The sitemap is delivered by Yoast SEO that way with a purpose. XML files can only become so large before it’s unreliable for crawlers to download and read them. There’s a limit of 50,000 URLs and 50MB for an XML file, but Google limits that to only 10MB so make sure your file doesn’t have more than 50,000 URLs and 10MB.
Can you ask Google to index an XML sitemap?
Pointing Google at a page and asking them to index it doesn’t really factor into it. Having said that, it is important to note that by submitting an XML sitemap to Google Search Console, you’re giving Google a clue that you consider the pages in the XML sitemap to be good-quality search landing pages, worthy of indexation.