Submitting your Website sitemap to Google Search Console is the best way to let Google know the layout of your website's pages and when you've made updates to your site and you want their crawlers to take a look at your new information. PhotoBiz Website Package automatically generates a .XML sitemap for you as you make changes to your website. Your sitemap address will be:
https://www.youdomain.com/sitemap.xml
Adding your sitemap to Google Search Console makes it available for you to be able to track when the last time Google has crawled your website. This guide will walk you through the steps on how to submit the sitemap for your PhotoBiz website to Google using Google Search Console.
Important Note: After setting up your sitemap with Google Search Console, Google will automatically crawl it regularly to check for updates and new content. However, the frequency of this crawling is determined by Google.
STEP ONE
Open another tab or browser window and verify your domain name with Google Search Console or log into your Google Search Console account.
First, you need to verify your website with Google if you haven't already. To do so, log in to https://search.google.com/search-console and create a URL PREFIX Property.
STEP TWO
Submit Your Sitemap To Google Search Console
After you've verified your domain, click on SITEMAPS in the menu on the left-hand side of your Google Search Console account.
STEP THREE
You will type in your sitemap.xml in the Add a new sitemap section and then click on the submit button.
When your sitemap has been successfully submitted, you will receive the following confirmation screen:
You'll also be able to see when you submitted your sitemap and the last time that Google crawled it and which pages in your blog have been discovered.