Sitemap FAQs

Illustration showing that Google ignores the priority and changefreq tags in XML sitemaps, with those tags crossed out and loc and lastmod highlighted as the signals actually used.

Crawl Systems

By Victor Ijomah

Does Google Use the Priority and Changefreq Tags in My Sitemap?

Google has confirmed publicly that it ignores both priority and changefreq. What…

showing why Google Search Console reports fewer URLs indexed than the count submitted in an XML sitemap

Crawl Systems

By Victor Ijomah

Why Does Search Console Show Fewer URLs Than My Sitemap Submitted?

A common worry that is usually nothing to worry about. The gap…