I couldn't upload my sitemap until now, can this hurt my rankings?

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Hello,

I couldn't upload sitemap.xml on my website till now. Could this have effected my website ranking?

I am waiting for suggestions
#ranking #sitemap #website
  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Originally Posted by popguard View Post

    Hello,

    I am can't upload sitemap.xml on my website till now. It's can effect my website ranking?

    I am waiting for suggestions
    It has zero effect on your rankings unless your site structure is total garbage.
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  • Profile picture of the author michaelkoehler92
    Well as mike said, They do not have any effect on rankings but its better to upload sitemap so that you can track things easily on webmasters.
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  • Profile picture of the author alvin2013
    yes. I agree that sitemap doesn't have any effect on your rank. But, I think the sitemap can help google bot crawl the website and get your pages indexed easier & faster.
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  • Profile picture of the author eluminousva
    Yes I agree with Alvin, Sitemap ensure all your pages gets crawled and indexed.
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  • yes it will hurt your ranking adversly. You should upload your sitemap.xml file asap
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeFriedman
    Originally Posted by eluminousva View Post

    Yes I agree with Alvin, Sitemap ensure all your pages gets crawled and indexed.
    It only helps pages get indexed that are orphaned. It won't make any other pages get indexed faster.

    Originally Posted by Reputation Planners View Post

    yes it will hurt your ranking adversly. You should upload your sitemap.xml file asap
    Ignore this. They have no idea what they are talking about.

    99.9% of websites do not need a sitemap.
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  • Profile picture of the author expmrb
    From when does sitemap's hurt ranking??
    Its totally new to me.
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  • Profile picture of the author jhonewill
    Sitemap help search engine to visit all the important pages. If you not use sitemap then also search engine bots visit your website. There is no such effect on ranking of your website. Sitemap just give priorities to important pages to be crawled by bots.
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