nicky

Sitemap with wrong data, is this critical when this pages are not crawled, yet?

by @nicky (293), 1 month ago

Hello, in our sitemap are a lot of pages with misstakes.

  • 500 error pages
  • pages that should use the no-index tag
  • missing href lang tag

The sitemap is already uploaded in the search console, but the "wrong" pages with errors are not yet crwaled. Is it critical to wait, to fix this issues?

Our IT donĀ“t see this as critical error, because the pages are not crawled by Google.

What arguments can we use to get a prio to this issues?

149 Views
0 Upvotes
8 Replies
2 Users
Sort replies:
binayjha
by @binayjha (5404), 1 month ago

Google will stop crawling a website with such errors. In the case mentioned, sitemap can be removed and the website should be blocked to be crawled until the errors are fixed.

When Google stops crawling, rankings drop or vanish completely. It must be addressed on priority basis.

nicky
by @nicky (293), 1 month ago

And will this affect the hole domain or only the subdomain (from which the sitemap is)?

nicky
by @nicky (293), 1 month ago

@binayjha (5304) And will this affect the hole domain or only the subdomain (from which the sitemap is)?

binayjha
by @binayjha (5404), 1 month ago

All the URLs the sitemap has will be affected.

nicky
by @nicky (293), 1 month ago

Ok. So in our case, this are "only" the pages of the subdomain. Because for the "main" domain we have an other sitemap, because of an other business modell.

nicky
by @nicky (293), 1 month ago

So this has no critical impact on the "main" domain then?

binayjha
by @binayjha (5404), 1 month ago

Yes @nicky, No impact on the main domain.

nicky
by @nicky (293), 1 month ago

Ok, thank you very much @binayjha (5314)!

Join the forum to unlock true power of SEO community

You're welcome to become part of SEO Forum community. Register for free, learn and contribute.

Log In Sign up
SEO Directory for agencies
Want to see your Ad here?

Do you have a product or service you'd like to promote on Seoforum? It's easy. Contact us.