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I have been looking for an easy and effective way to submit my blog sitemap to Google webmaster. Please help me.

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Short, practical workflow (Blogger-friendly). Add the site as a property in Google Search Console and verify ownership, then use Search Console’s Sitemaps report to submit a hosted sitemap URL — Google reads a sitemap URL, it does not accept uploaded files. That is the same high‑level flow implied by and ; generating a standalone XML with a tool (as mentioned) is useful for non‑Blogger hosts but is unnecessary if Blogger’s automatic feeds/sitemaps are available. ()

Where to look for a Blogger sitemap. Common Blogger locations that many guides use are /sitemap.xml (post index) and /sitemap-pages.xml (static pages); Atom/RSS feed variants are also accepted as sitemap formats. Confirm which sitemap Google can reach by opening the blog’s /robots.txt — it will often list the sitemap lines — or enable Blogger’s custom robots.txt if manual control is needed. Submit the exact sitemap URL that appears for the verified property (host + protocol must match). (bloggerbasics101.blogspot.com)

Common failures and quick fixes. "Couldn’t fetch" or "Sitemap appears to be an HTML page" usually means the sitemap URL is returning HTML/redirects, is blocked by robots.txt, or the URL was submitted under the wrong property (http vs https, www vs non‑www). Sitemaps must also follow the Sitemap protocol limits (50,000 URLs and 50MB uncompressed) and valid XML/encoding; fix the root issue, then re-submit and inspect the Sitemaps report for parser errors. (sitemaps.org)

Operational notes. For full coverage across subdomains/protocols prefer a Domain property (DNS verification required); for single-URL urgency use Search Console’s URL Inspection / Request Indexing after the sitemap is accepted. Monitoring the Sitemaps report (last read, error counts) gives the runtime signals needed to troubleshoot indexing problems rather than repeatedly re‑submitting unchanged sitemaps. ()

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Member Avatar for jayshri.shah.10_1

Create sitemap and submit it to Google web master.

Member Avatar for Helalbd

You have to add your site to Google Webmaster tool, Verify your site and to Submit Sitemap.

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  1. Create the XML sitemap, if not already.
  2. Verify your website in Google Webmaster Tools, if not already.
  3. Go into the Sitemap section (right sidebar), and submit the path to the XML sitemap.
    Follow the steps, officially shared by Google.
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