Submit Your XML Sitemap to Google

1. Log in to your Google Search Console account.
2. In the sidebar, select the property that matches the exact domain you want to submit the sitemap for.
3. Navigate to Index > Sitemaps in the left-hand menu.
4. Enter your XML sitemap URL in the “Add a new sitemap” field.
5. Click Submit.

After submission, your sitemap will appear in the Submitted sitemaps list.

Initially, it may show a status such as “Couldn’t fetch” and no Last read date.

This is normal. It simply means that Google has registered the sitemap and queued it for processing. Once Google fetches and processes the file (often within a day or two), the status and last read date will update automatically.

Google does not provide a fixed timeframe. Sitemap processing depends on factors such as:

• crawl budget
• site size and structure
• server responsiveness

You can monitor the status and any detected issues in the Sitemaps report in Google Search Console.