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Why we picked it Submitting your sitemap is how you tell Google your new page exists so it gets crawled and indexed, and this is Google's own walkthrough of the Sitemaps report, not a third-party guess at how it works. It is short, official, and shows exactly where to paste your sitemap URL and how to read the status Google gives back. Start here, then submit your sitemap the day the page goes live so indexing is not left to chance.
Sitemaps in Search Console (Google Search Console Training)
On Google Search Central (YouTube) by Daniel Waisberg about 7 min
- Add your sitemap URL under the Sitemaps report in Search Console so Google can discover all your pages, including a brand new product page
- Check the returned status (Success vs errors) to confirm Google actually read the sitemap rather than assuming it worked
- A sitemap helps discovery but does not guarantee indexing, so pair it with genuinely crawlable, indexable pages