Partial fix Google search console: sitemap pending due to query string param

We've not changed anything and we're not aware of any changes on Google's end.

I guess the only things to check are that a) your board URL is correct (and make sure it's not redirecting or anything similar) b) that your sitemap cron is running and c) that your sitemapAutoSubmit option is enabled.
 
Has anyone figured out what the solution to the problem is? I want to get this fixed. The total number of indexed pages is going down and I think it may be related to this sitemap issue.
 
Chris D said:
We've not changed anything and we're not aware of any changes on Google's end.

I guess the only things to check are that a) your board URL is correct (and make sure it's not redirecting or anything similar) b) that your sitemap cron is running and c) that your sitemapAutoSubmit option is enabled.
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Thanks Chris - I've checked all of those and yes, URL is correct (not changed), cron is running (can see list of sitemaps in log), and autosubmit is enabled - so everything appears to be okay at my XF end, it's just not being properly processed in Google Search Console.

To those others in the thread who are experiencing the same problem - does your sitemap.php include multiple child sitemaps? e.g.:
Rich (BB code): 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<sitemap>
   <loc>https://www.yoursite.net/sitemap.php?c=1</loc>
   <lastmod>2017-10-11T05:38:13+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
<sitemap>
   <loc>https://www.yoursite.net/sitemap.php?c=2</loc>
   <lastmod>2017-10-11T05:38:13+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
<sitemap>
   <loc>https://www.yoursite.net/sitemap.php?c=3</loc>
   <lastmod>2017-10-11T05:38:13+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
<sitemap>
   <loc>https://www.yoursite.net/sitemap.php?c=4</loc>
  <lastmod>2017-10-11T05:38:13+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex>
 
FWIW, I can see ours is pending here as well, though it has indexed recently created threads. If you have a large site, it won't crawl all the pages in the sitemap instantly. (Have a look at how many pages Google crawls per day on your site.)

Sitemaps have always been more of a "recommendation" to search engines. They would still generally prefer to crawl the site "naturally".
 
Thanks guys - so when you click on the sitemap.php link in Google Search Console (to look at the child sitemap entries) - does it show them or not?

1507800220509.webp
 
Hmmm ... yet on a new forum without much content (and a single sitemap child) it looks okay:

1507805511160.webp

Can anyone with a smaller site confirm whether you are seeing the graphs for your sitemap.php child file/s?
 
When I look at the new Google Search Console and under Index coverage > Submitted and indexed - it seems to have stopped on 21 Sept, 2017:

1507905970412.webp

... and for Indexed, not submitted in sitemap:

1507906019144.webp

Curiouser and curiouser ... anyone else able to check this against their own New Search Console data?

Cheers,
Shaun :D
 
Just wondering if this date coincides with anyone else's Pending sitemap issues - have we all had it happen on the same day, or at different times?
 
I don't have the new search console but the date you mentioned (21 September) seems to co-incide with when I began having sitemap issues.
 
I've deleted my sitemap.php from GSC for now because it is perpetually pending; I'll keep an eye on indexed pages and see if there is a positive change or not in the coming weeks.
 

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