How to Create an XML Sitemap (YOAST SEO TUTORIAL)

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In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create an XML Sitemap with the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin and submit it to Google. Yoast recently deployed their 20.0 update that introduced some pretty big changes to the user interface that affects how you interact with some features, including the XML sitemap. This video walks you through that process and covers some of the changes that were made to the Yoast SEO WordPress plugin during the 20.0 update.
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0:00 Intro
1:11 Yoast 20.0 Overview
2:36 Yoast Features Overview
4:39 How to Create an XML Sitemap
5:35 How to Validate a Sitemap
6:26 How to Submit Sitemap to Google
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  • @sciaticnervepain5640
    @sciaticnervepain5640 Жыл бұрын

    I was wondering how to do this! Thanks for the updated video. It's really helpful! :)

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    No problem! Thanks for using the tutorial! Glad you found it helpful!

  • @rehmantechnician2888
    @rehmantechnician2888 Жыл бұрын

    Really confused about updated version and blessed with your video. Thanks.

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

  • @spicysaucyvegan
    @spicysaucyvegan Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the update! 👍😁

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    No problem 👍 Thanks so much for your continued support! :)

  • @stevensonlinereviews6963
    @stevensonlinereviews6963 Жыл бұрын

    Very well presented with all important information, Thank you, Steve Jones

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful and you're welcome! Thanks for watching, Steve.

  • @helenesirois2363
    @helenesirois236311 ай бұрын

    Many thanks Ben ! Very useful !

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    11 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

  • @Sidleo2020
    @Sidleo20207 ай бұрын

    hi thanks for providing the information about yoast index, but i want to know is it normal that even after putting in google index the discoevered page showing 0 from last 1 week

  • @pameladaffon525
    @pameladaffon525 Жыл бұрын

    Finally, i found someone that i can easily understand, no heavy accents like i have and in English.

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you found the video helpful! Thanks for watching, Pamela! :)

  • @jacquelinechatman1999

    @jacquelinechatman1999

    Жыл бұрын

    Is this only for WordPress? Also when submitting a sitemap. Is it just your website URL, or does it have to be each page within the website that has to be submitted?

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Yep, it's for WordPress. And when submitting, you only have to do it for your primary domain. :)

  • @jacquelinechatman1999

    @jacquelinechatman1999

    Жыл бұрын

    @Blog With Ben thank you so much Sir. Information was very helpful

  • @MarcoBalz
    @MarcoBalz8 ай бұрын

    fantasic searco console tutorial. thank you!

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    8 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! Thank you very much!

  • @JordanAmitEditing
    @JordanAmitEditing3 ай бұрын

    Thank you! you saved me. Great tutorial.

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    3 ай бұрын

    You're welcome! Glad to hear that! Thanks for watching!

  • @Digitalnexus4898
    @Digitalnexus4898 Жыл бұрын

    hey i was anxious how to do this, Thank you very much

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! Thanks for using the tutorial! I really appreciate it! SEO can seem intimidating at first, but once you get the feel for it and understand the lingo, it becomes second nature. Best of luck to you!

  • @user-bs7ve4tu3x
    @user-bs7ve4tu3x Жыл бұрын

    helped alot. thanks

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching, Bertson! I'm glad the video helped you out.

  • @gillesvideos
    @gillesvideos3 ай бұрын

    Thank you for your Tutorials! Do you know how to generate an image sitemap with Yoast and integrate it with GSC?

  • @abrartassavahlevie
    @abrartassavahlevie8 ай бұрын

    man you thx for this video much loves

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    8 ай бұрын

    No problem! Thanks for using the tutorial. Glad it helped!

  • @faithwambui2953
    @faithwambui29538 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    8 ай бұрын

    You're welcome! Hope the video helped you out! :)

  • @Junior-bu6gz
    @Junior-bu6gzАй бұрын

    Thanks man, you saves me.

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Ай бұрын

    Glad to hear it! Thanks so much for using the tutorial!

  • @dsisney
    @dsisneyАй бұрын

    Hello! Have you done a video on attaching a blog to the Yoast Sitemap and what the colors from Toast represent? Thanks!

  • @user-yc6vs6ol7r
    @user-yc6vs6ol7r Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very mutch for explaning everything! I do have a question tho. I was wondering why the status of my sitemap says: Couldn't Fetch? Is it because my pages aren't indexed yet?

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey! Thanks for watching and good question. Have you used the XML sitemap validator to see if there are any errors? www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html

  • @user-id6fm5ec6k
    @user-id6fm5ec6k11 ай бұрын

    Excellent

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    11 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀

  • @HindJanta
    @HindJanta Жыл бұрын

    Thanks man

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @manak1400
    @manak1400 Жыл бұрын

    thats alright but how to change that sitemap? i cannot see all my pages in auto generated sitemap by yoast SEO and I want to edit it myself. how to do that?

  • @designbookInc
    @designbookInc7 ай бұрын

    Tks bro!

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    7 ай бұрын

    Happy to help!

  • @Nissim_aryeh
    @Nissim_aryehАй бұрын

    thanks!!

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Ай бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @sharkshirts4143
    @sharkshirts4143 Жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

  • @elmalawxtv4566
    @elmalawxtv4566 Жыл бұрын

    God bless u sir,u r the best

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @elmalawxtv4566

    @elmalawxtv4566

    Жыл бұрын

    @@blogwithben sir how long does it take for your site with start showing on Google

  • @elmalawxtv4566

    @elmalawxtv4566

    Жыл бұрын

    I summited my site yesterday but yet nothing showing

  • @hadimahdavi1489
    @hadimahdavi1489 Жыл бұрын

    thanks

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

  • @antonettebisset
    @antonettebisset2 ай бұрын

    Hi, Thank you for this video. It helped me to understand sitemaps. How do I remove url's that are still showing in Google search console - do you have a video on how to permanently remove those. They do not exist as I was learning and changing as we go on the pages and posts.

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    2 ай бұрын

    Hi! Thanks for watching! I would set up 301 redirects for those old URLs. That way when Google crawls them, they will see the 301 and will strike it from search. :)

  • @antonettebisset

    @antonettebisset

    2 ай бұрын

    @@blogwithben Thank you for your reply. Do you have a tutorial on how to set up a 301 redirect?

  • @Fg_bymunni
    @Fg_bymunni Жыл бұрын

    Hello, thank you so much for this video, its really helpful and so as your other videos but before I started using yoast, I was used rank math to submit my sitemap but it's saying "couldn't fetch" now same thing with yoast. As a new blogger, I'm fed up already, I'd really appreciate if you can help.

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching, Adeyemi! Sorry you're having that issue. Have you tried using the site map validator to see if you can pinpoint the problem? www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html

  • @Fg_bymunni

    @Fg_bymunni

    Жыл бұрын

    @@blogwithben yes,I did. When I validated it, it showed success but while submitting, it's showing couldn't fetch even till now

  • @Ortottistariabilitazionevisiva
    @Ortottistariabilitazionevisiva Жыл бұрын

    Grazie mille da Roma, Italia. Hai un nuovo iscritto al canale 🙂 Se andrò ad aggiungere nuove pagine al sito, dovrò inviare nuovamente la sitemap?

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for the support! I really appreciate it! To answer your question, NO you will not need to resubmit your sitemap every time you create new pages or posts. It will get automatically updated. Thanks again and good luck!

  • @jammah-makemoneyonline8632
    @jammah-makemoneyonline863211 ай бұрын

    Why are the video and image sitemap settings not available in Yoast SEO?

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    11 ай бұрын

    Hey! Great question. I'm not 100% sure. I'll have to do some digging and get back to you.

  • @MarcP5267
    @MarcP5267Ай бұрын

    I see when you generated the site map there was a list of 3 or 4. How do you know which one to use?

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    28 күн бұрын

    Hi! Thanks for watching! Hmmmmm it could be because you have a large site with a lot of items. You can add them all to your GSC account. You can submit up to 500 sitemap index files for each site in your Search Console account. Hope that helps and thanks again!

  • @user-UCrSJKXh4xqenp9BQIy8znaA
    @user-UCrSJKXh4xqenp9BQIy8znaA Жыл бұрын

    I can't find robots.txt settings after update. Can you tell me where this setting is now?

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey! Thanks for watching! Go to Yoast SEO>Tools. You can create the robots.txt file there. Does that answer your question?

  • @ekpoeze1024
    @ekpoeze1024 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this. How do I get the ebook?

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi! Thanks for watching! You can sign up here www.blogwithben.com/free-ebook. Thanks for subscribing and good luck with your blog! :)

  • @kurosakiichigo1700
    @kurosakiichigo17004 ай бұрын

    Why it is always a success for the 1st try to submit the sitemap. I always got can't fetch. What is wrong. Do u have any vid to fix this

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    2 ай бұрын

    Hi! Thanks for watching! Sorry you're dealing with that. There could be a lot of things causing the issue. I've heard that if you submit your sitemap url with http rather than https that it helps. Not sure why, but I've heard that that works sometimes. Try that and let me know. Thanks!

  • @adminmovie
    @adminmovie11 ай бұрын

    hey ben, is there any way to disable those author and other xml sitemaps on yoast ?

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    11 ай бұрын

    Hey! Thanks for watching! I"m gonna have to do some research and get back to you on that one. Thanks for watching though! I really appreciate it!

  • @adminmovie

    @adminmovie

    11 ай бұрын

    @@blogwithben thanks for the reply ben, I managed to fix the sitemap. there were different sections in the settings menu to to disable each author and theme related categories. kinda hard to see those in the first glace, specially if you're new to the plugin.

  • @akh...
    @akh... Жыл бұрын

    i got an issue, my sitemap say "error on line 2 at column 6: XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document" how do i fix it?

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm really sorry! There could be multiple things causing it. First, make sure there isn't any white space before the first

  • @dendifsaripudin3255

    @dendifsaripudin3255

    4 ай бұрын

    @@blogwithbeni have an same issue, the link was by validates, but doesnt work , how can i do ?

  • @findingworkfromhome7707
    @findingworkfromhome770710 ай бұрын

    Mine says problem detected. Incorrect http header content-type. What does this mean and how do I fix it? Thanks

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    10 ай бұрын

    Hi! Thanks for watching! There could be multiple things causing this issue. I would first try flushing your permalink settings. All you'll do is go to Settings>Permalinks and then resave your settings. This article does a good job at listing out some other ways to troubleshoot. rankmath.com/kb/incorrect-http-header-content-type-sitemap-error/ Give it a read and let me know if that helps.

  • @shashankmishra3431
    @shashankmishra3431 Жыл бұрын

    When I'm opening XML sitemap it's showing error 404 please help

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi! Thanks for watching! There are actually a lot of things that could be causing the issue. Yoast has a great troubleshooting article that might be able to help you. I recommend checking it out yoast.com/help/my-sitemap-is-giving-a-404-error-what-should-i-do/ Sorry about that. Good luck!

  • @romanesolde6082
    @romanesolde60824 ай бұрын

    how to modified the XML sitemap ?

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and great question. I'm working on a video that shows you how to do that, but here is a great article that walks you through the steps. yoast.com/help/how-to-customize-the-sitemap-index/#h-how-to-customize-the-sitemap-index

  • @yetdontknow6783
    @yetdontknow6783 Жыл бұрын

    Dunno why, but it shows me error 404, i don't know what to do

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi there! Where are you seeing the 404 error? What are you trying to do when you see it?

  • @polarstock_br
    @polarstock_br10 ай бұрын

    SiteMap 4:40 in video

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @audunjemtland8287
    @audunjemtland82874 ай бұрын

    I changed permalink structure from default: ?p=123 to Post name: sample-post/ Site is pretty new but was indexed before this change. What do I need to do, to completely index the site with brand new permalink structure? (The entire website lost it's visibility(seo ranking), though the site does exist on google and are active.) Server: Nginx

  • @blogwithben

    @blogwithben

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching! I would submit a new sitemap to the search engines.

  • @audunjemtland8287

    @audunjemtland8287

    4 ай бұрын

    @@blogwithben Thanks. Thought it's the same sitemap. It's pulled from the same place.

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