• Resolved rumenyanev

    (@rumenyanev)


    Hello!
    I log in today in my search console account because some URLs were removed from google search and saw that the XML sitemap was showing an error General HTTP error. Then I place there the page-sitemap.xml and it was successful, but how to fix the error with the sitemap-index? Can you help me?

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  • Hi @rumenyanev ,

    We understand that you are receiving a ‘General HTTP error’ on your sitemap_index.xml when submitted through Google Search Console. Can you please provide us with your sitemap so we can check?

    Thread Starter rumenyanev

    (@rumenyanev)

    Plugin Support devnihil

    (@devnihil)

    @rumenyanev Thanks for your reply. We checked on the sitemap and confirmed that it is loading as expected and accessible. If resubmitting the sitemap does not resolve the warning, it may be due to a bug or issue in Google Search Console.

    We would recommend first checking the sitemap for any issues in a validator such as https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html, and if no issues are found, we would then recommend checking the sitemap in Google Search Console using the URL Inspection Tool.

    To check whether the sitemap can be fetched using the URL Inspection Tool in Google Search Console you would need to perform the following steps:

      ? Click on ‘URL Inspection’ in the left hand menu
      ? Enter the URL of your sitemap in the entry field
      ? Since the sitemap is intentionally set to ‘noindex’, the page will not be in ? Google’s index.
      ? Click the ‘Test Live URL’ button
      ? After the Live Test is complete, check the ‘Page Fetch’ status which is located under ‘Crawl’

    We also we have a guide on using the URL Inspection Tool feature here: https://kb.yoast.com/kb/fetch-as-googlebot/

    Thread Starter rumenyanev

    (@rumenyanev)

    Thank you very much for your help!

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