Blogger GuidesBlogger sitemap and Google Search Console
Blogger creates sitemaps for you. Your job is to tell Google where they are and to look at what Google reports.
The sitemaps Blogger serves
We checked a Blogger-hosted blog on 13 November 2026. These addresses answered:
| Address | What it is |
|---|---|
/sitemap.xml | The posts. On large blogs it is an index that points to sitemap.xml?page=1, ?page=2 and so on |
/sitemap-pages.xml | The static pages (About, Contact and so on) |
/atom.xml and /feeds/posts/default | The blog feed (Atom/RSS) |
Blogger also adds a Sitemap: line to the default robots.txt, so crawlers can find the posts sitemap by themselves.
Link Google Search Console
Blogger's settings page lists "Google Search Console" under Crawlers and indexing with a link to it. The steps are:
- Open Settings and find Crawlers and indexing.
- Click the Google Search Console link and sign in with the same Google Account.
- Add your blog as a property. For a custom domain you can add the whole domain (a "domain property", verified through DNS) or the address with https and www (a "URL prefix property").
- In Search Console open Sitemaps and type
sitemap.xml, and againsitemap-pages.xml, then submit.
What to look at
- Pages (indexing) report. It shows which pages Google has indexed and why others were not. Pages that are blocked by robots.txt or marked noindex appear here with that reason.
- Performance. The searches that showed your pages, the clicks and the average position.
- Sitemaps. The status and the number of discovered addresses.
Do not worry about a delay. A new blog can take days or weeks to be crawled.
Common problems
- The sitemap shows "Couldn't fetch". Open the address in a private window to be sure it loads, and check robots.txt.
- You submitted the blogspot address, but the blog now uses a custom domain. Submit the sitemap of the address that is live.
- You added both www and non-www as separate properties. Use the one that is your real address.
- The report says "Crawled, currently not indexed". Usually it means the page is too thin or too similar to others. Improve the page rather than resubmit it.
Moving to a new domain
Keep the old blogspot address working through Blogger's own redirect (it redirects to the custom domain for you) and submit the new sitemap. See the custom domain page.
Do I have to submit a sitemap?
No. Google finds posts through links. A sitemap helps it find them sooner and tells you what it found.
Why is a page in the sitemap but not in the index?
A sitemap lists addresses, not promises. Indexing depends on the quality of the page and on other signals.
Sources
Read on 13 November 2026. Steps and screen names can change; compare with the current help page.
This is an independent guide. It is not connected with Google or Blogger. Blogger, AdSense and Google are names of Google LLC. The steps follow Blogger Help and AdSense Help as read on 13 November 2026; the Blogger screens change from time to time, so a menu may be named a little differently on your screen.