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Indexed, not submitted in sitemap - but it is.

Hi, I checked this page in Google's new url tool:
https://www dot magickitchen.com/meal-delivery/

It says: Indexed, not submitted in sitemap. But I checked the sitemap section, and it's using the one I submitted, in the root, sitemap.xml.
And if you go to that sitemap and search the URL, it's there.

Can anyone explain that to me? WHy would it say not submitted in sitemap when it's clearly there and has been since March? Thanks.

David Favor

Ah... sounds so simple...

To debug this start with your search console.

1) Ensure your site is still verified. If deverified, then sitemaps submission will fail, so reverify if required.

2) Ensure your site sitemap link matches what's submitted in Google.

3) Fix 100% of any nags about your site.

If you get stumped, likely best to hire someone (open a Gig) to assist you.

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Bryr de Gray

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Melody Scott

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Ok, just resubmitted, thanks. I guess I'll wait a couple of weeks and check again. I also went through html improvements and took any pages that are no longer on the site off the sitemap, so I'll share points if that's ok.

Question for David: Ensure your site is still verified.

Not sure where to do this in search console?

Scott Fell

Do you have any messages in google webmaster tools / search console? https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/

Melody Scott

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Google has started validating your fix of Index coverage issues on your site. Specifically, we are checking for ‘Submitted URL not found (404)’, which currently affects 9 pages.

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Melody Scott

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Thanks all!