Find and submit your sitemap
If you're looking to expand the reach of your online store, consider submitting a sitemap to Google Search Console; it helps Google find and index valuable pages on your site. The link to your sitemap is either domain.com/sitemap.xml or domain.onshopbase.com/sitemap.xml (depending on which is your primary domain).
A. Find your sitemap
B. Verify your site with Google
C. Submit your sitemap to Google Search Console
Simply put, you can get the link to your sitemap by adding /sitemap.xml after your store's primary domain. For example: dailybest.deals/sitemap.xml.
This sitemap file is automatically generated and links to separate sitemaps for your products, collections, blogs, and webpages. It is automatically updated when you add a new webpage, product, collection, image, or blog post to your ShopBase online store.
Before you submit your sitemap to Google Search Console, you must verify your site.
Open Google Search Console
In URL prefix, enter your full URL including the SSL certificate (https). You can use a custom domain your purchased or your .onshopbase.com domain.
If you use your .onshopbase.com domain to verify, and then replace it with a custom domain, you will need to re-verify your site again.
Click Continue.
There are 2 ways to verify your site:
3.1. You can verify by a HTML tag. Then you copy the meta tag and paste it into ShopBase's additional scripts. (Online Store > Preferences > Addtional scripts)
3.2. You can verify by Google Analytics.
Click the arrow to open the Google Analytics method.
Set up your Google Analytics.
Back on Google Search Console, click Verify underneath the Google Analytics method
If successfully, you see a pop-up stating the owner shop has been verified.
You can submit your sitemap to Google Search Console to help Google find and index valuable pages on your site.
After your site is verified, go to Google Search Console.
Click Sitemaps.
In the Add a new sitemap section, enter sitemap.xml and then click SUBMIT.
The process of crawling and indexing your site can take time, and Google doesn't guarantee how long it'll take. Learn more about what to expect when your site is indexed from the Google Search Console Help.
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A. Find your sitemap
B. Verify your site with Google
C. Submit your sitemap to Google Search Console
A. Find your sitemap
Simply put, you can get the link to your sitemap by adding /sitemap.xml after your store's primary domain. For example: dailybest.deals/sitemap.xml.
This sitemap file is automatically generated and links to separate sitemaps for your products, collections, blogs, and webpages. It is automatically updated when you add a new webpage, product, collection, image, or blog post to your ShopBase online store.
B. Verify your site with Google
Before you submit your sitemap to Google Search Console, you must verify your site.
Open Google Search Console
In URL prefix, enter your full URL including the SSL certificate (https). You can use a custom domain your purchased or your .onshopbase.com domain.
If you use your .onshopbase.com domain to verify, and then replace it with a custom domain, you will need to re-verify your site again.
Click Continue.
There are 2 ways to verify your site:
3.1. You can verify by a HTML tag. Then you copy the meta tag and paste it into ShopBase's additional scripts. (Online Store > Preferences > Addtional scripts)
3.2. You can verify by Google Analytics.
Click the arrow to open the Google Analytics method.
Set up your Google Analytics.
Back on Google Search Console, click Verify underneath the Google Analytics method
If successfully, you see a pop-up stating the owner shop has been verified.
C. Submit your sitemap to Google Search Console
You can submit your sitemap to Google Search Console to help Google find and index valuable pages on your site.
After your site is verified, go to Google Search Console.
Click Sitemaps.
In the Add a new sitemap section, enter sitemap.xml and then click SUBMIT.
The process of crawling and indexing your site can take time, and Google doesn't guarantee how long it'll take. Learn more about what to expect when your site is indexed from the Google Search Console Help.
Updated on: 19/06/2023
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