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Google Won’t Use Your Sitemap File If Its Not Convinced Of New/Important Content

02/23/26

Google’s John Mueller said that if Google is not convinced that there are new and important content to index on your site, then it won’t use the sitemap file on your site. Just because you have a sitemap file, it does not mean Google will index all the pages in that file.

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