Google Sitemaps Bug To Be Fixed Soon?

Oct 27, 2008 - 7:21 am 1 by

The other day we reported Google Webmaster Tools Showing 0 Pages Indexed For Sitemaps Users. In short, some of those who have submitted a Sitemap file via Google Webmaster Tools were having issues with those Sitemaps.

Many saw their Sitemap files remain in the "pending" status, while others noticed the index count of their Sitemaps stats were reporting 0 pages indexed. Now, none of these reporting glitches have a direct impact on the Google search results, but nevertheless they can cause webmasters to worry.

Google is aware of the issue and opened an official thread at Google Groups where Googler, JohnMu said:

As some of you have noticed, things are still a bit slow over on the Sitemaps side of things, especially regarding new Sitemap file submissions and the indexed URL count shown in Webmaster Tools.

Rest assured that the team has been busy working on these issues. We're hoping that things should be back to normal within a few days or so. As I have more information, I'll post here to keep you updated.

Keep in mind that we'll still continue to crawl and index your websites normally, so you shouldn't see any change in the way your site is indexed and ranking in our search results.

One webmaster at WebmasterWorld noticed some improvements. He said:

I've seen some change... a few sitemaps that were *pending* are now showing normal, but others have not updated. A mixed bag.

Hopefully things will clear up soon.

Forum discussion at WebmasterWorld, Google Groups (official) and Google Groups 2.

 

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