Submit Your Sitemap To Search Engines (Yoast SEO Premium)

How to submit your sitemap to Google Search Console

1. Sign in to Google Search Console.
2. In the sidebar, select your website.
3. Click on ‘Sitemaps’.The ‘Sitemaps’ menu is under the ‘Index’ section. If you do not see ‘Sitemaps’, click on ‘Index’ to expand the section.
4. Remove outdated or invalid sitemaps (if any) like sitemap.xml
5. Enter ‘sitemap_index.xml’ in the ‘Add a new sitemap’ field to complete the sitemap URL.
   Note: A domain property will not show the domain for the field. Please use the full sitemap URL.
6. Click Submit.

How to remove your sitemap from Google Search Console

If you made a mistake submitting the sitemap_index.xml file or if you need to remove some other sitemap, you can delete it and re-submit it. Doing so is not expected to hurt the SEO of your site.

1. Sign in to Google Search Console.
2. In the sidebar, select your website.
3. Click on ‘Sitemaps’.
   The ‘Sitemaps’ menu is under the ‘Index’ section. If you do not see ‘Sitemaps’, click on ‘Index’ to expand the section. 
4. Under ‘Submitted sitemaps’, click on the sitemap you want to remove.
5. Click on the 3 vertical dots in the top-right of the page then Remove Sitemap.  If needed, you can then re-add the sitemap here.

How to submit your sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools

Google Webmaster Tools no longer accepts sitemap submissions. Please use the new Google Search Console.

Bing Webmaster Tools

1. Sign in to Bing Webmaster Tools.
2. On the My Sites page, select your website.
3. In the left sidebar, click Configure My Site and then Sitemaps.
4. Remove outdated or invalid sitemaps like http://example.com/sitemap.xml
5. Enter your sitemap URL into the text box at the top. Your sitemap URL will look like something like this: http://example.com/sitemap_index.xml.
6. Click Submit.

Yandex Webmaster

1. Sign in to Yandex Webmaster.
2. On the home page, select your website.
3. In the left sidebar, click Indexing Options and then Sitemap files.
4. Remove outdated or invalid sitemaps like http://example.com/sitemap.xml
5. Enter your sitemap URL into the text box at the top. Your sitemap URL will look like something like this: http://example.com/sitemap_index.xml.
6. Click Add.

Other Search Engines

Yahoo site explorer was replaced by Bing Webmaster Tools.

Ask.com no longer accepts sitemap submissions.