A sitemap acts like a directory for your website — it lists all your posts and pages so search engines can easily crawl and index them. For Blogger users, it’s one of the simplest ways to help Google and Bing understand your site structure and keep your new content visible in search results.
In this post, I’ll show you how to find your Blogger sitemap, submit it to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools, and fix common issues. Whether you’ve just started your blog or want to improve your SEO, this guide will walk you through the process step by step.
What is a sitemap and why does it matter?
A sitemap is a file that tells search engines what pages exist on your site and when they were last updated. Submitting one ensures your content is discovered faster — especially if you’ve recently launched your blog or made design changes.
Blogger automatically creates a sitemap for every blog, so you don’t need to manually generate one. However, submitting it to Google and Bing helps you monitor indexing and fix issues quickly inside their webmaster tools.
How to find your Blogger sitemap URL
Blogger’s built-in sitemap is automatically available at a specific URL. To find it, simply add one of the following to the end of your blog’s web address:
- For default Blogger URLs:
https://yourblogname.blogspot.com/sitemap.xml - For custom domains:
https://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml
You can test that it’s working by opening the link in your browser. You should see a simple XML page listing post URLs — that means your sitemap is live and ready to submit.
If you have a large blog with more than 500 posts, Blogger automatically splits your sitemap into multiple files (for example, sitemap.xml?page=1, sitemap.xml?page=2). You can submit the main sitemap URL — Search Console will detect the others automatically.
How to submit your Blogger sitemap to Google Search Console
Google Search Console helps you track how your blog appears in search results and highlights any crawling or indexing issues. Here’s how to add your sitemap:
- Go to Google Search Console.
- Sign in with the Google account connected to your Blogger blog.
- If you haven’t already, add your site as a property by clicking Add property and entering your blog URL (make sure to include
https://andwwwif used). - Once verified, select your site from the sidebar.
- In the left-hand menu, go to Sitemaps.
- Under Add a new sitemap, enter
sitemap.xmland click Submit.
Google will confirm whether it was successfully fetched. It may take a few days for the status to update while Google processes and indexes your pages.
If you have multiple sitemap files (for larger blogs), you can submit each one separately — for example sitemap.xml?page=1, sitemap.xml?page=2.
How to submit your Blogger sitemap to Bing Webmaster Tools
Bing Webmaster Tools works similarly to Google Search Console and covers both Bing and Yahoo search visibility.
- Visit Bing Webmaster Tools.
- Sign in with your Microsoft, Google or Facebook account.
- Click Add a site, enter your blog URL and follow the verification steps.
- Once verified, go to Sitemaps in the left menu.
- Click Submit sitemap and enter the full URL of your sitemap — for example:
https://www.yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml
You’ll then see your sitemap listed with its submission status and the date Bing last crawled it.
Troubleshooting common sitemap issues
If your sitemap isn’t being processed or you see an error, here are a few common reasons and fixes:
- 404 or couldn’t fetch: Double-check the URL and make sure your blog is set to public (not private in Blogger settings).
- Submitted URL not found (404): Check if you’re using the correct domain version (
https://andwwwwhere applicable). - Only some posts showing: Blogger may have split your sitemap into multiple pages; submit each page as needed.
- Indexing taking too long: This is normal, especially for new blogs. Keep publishing new content and check back in a few days.
Best practices for Blogger sitemaps
- Always use the HTTPS version of your sitemap URL if your blog uses SSL (most do now).
- Don’t block important pages in your robots.txt file — Google reads it before crawling your sitemap.
- If you change your domain or switch to a custom URL, resubmit the sitemap in both Google and Bing.
- Check your sitemap status in Search Console every few months to catch any crawl errors early.
- You don’t need to resubmit your sitemap after every new post — Blogger updates it automatically.
Final thoughts
Submitting your sitemap is one of those small but powerful steps that can make a real difference to your blog’s visibility. Once it’s in place, Google and Bing will automatically detect new posts and keep your content indexed — helping you reach more readers and grow your audience.
88 responses to “How to create a sitemap on Blogger and submit it to Google and Bing”
Will that only index 500 posts? What if we have more than 500 posts? xx
Yes, we set it at 500 posts because single sitemaps shouldn’t exceed around 50mb. I’ve updated the post to include information about adding multiple sitemaps for blogs with more than 500 posts.
Thanks Ellie xx
can we make it 1000 post and again can it create the another site map for 1000 ?
Hello! Yes, depending on the size of your feed. Check the paragraph under “How to create a sitemap for Blogger” for details.
This is absolutely brilliant. Thanks so much. I have been trying to figure this out for ages. You’re a gem x
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Thank you for the sharing. That was explained in a very clear sentences… eventhough we do not speak english very well.. thanks again..
This is absolutely brilliant. Thanks so much. I have been trying to figure this out for ages. You’re a gem x
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Hi Ellie! Would this code still work If I’ve subscribed to RSS and not atom?
Hello. You use this for sitemaps and can use Atom or RSS for your blog feed 🙂
Thanks for solve my problem. I put this site map code my blogger blog.
Great, it worked
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for the useful tip. What should I do if I use a custom domain?
Thanks!
If you’re using the Blogger platform it’s done exactly the same with a custom url as is a blogspot url, see “Blogger – Custom URL” under the heading “how to create a sitemap for blogger” for the site map link.
thanks its really helpful and easy to follow
Hi Ellie,
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I’m new to blog. I’ve created a Blog with domain but it is hosted in blogger, so I don’t know how to add sitemap like you have said how to mention the blog name.
The steps above will show you how to add it. See “Blogger – Custom URL” under the heading “How to create a sitemap for Blogger” for your site map URL.
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Thank you very much, you blog has really helped me to get to grips with blogging,its an invaluable resource !
Thank you Ellie for the post, and I also want to inform you that adding /sitemap.xml in front does not only index recent posts, it also indexes all the posts. (I am not sure if this works for custom domains on blogger)
OFFTOPIC: I also wanted to tell you that I really like your site, and I am also a frequent visitor. I was wondering if there was anyway to subscribe to get your updates in my email
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thank you for outstanding post. I always forgot to post sitemap to webmaster ..lol
This was very well explained and helped me do it in about 5 minutes. For people who have larger website can use this link I found that actually creates the entire site map so no manual typing is needed http://ctrlq.org/blogger/
It resulted in the exact same thing that you have explained earlier
Thank you soo much… it works on my blog.
Thank you for giving a great post
his post has really helped me in submitting sitemaps for my new blogs
I tried to submit my sitemap in webmaster tools as your way, but it displays “sitemap is not submitted. becaues the url is not a valid” error message why?
This post has been updated, see the new steps to adding a Blogger sitemap. Try opening your sitemap URL in a web browser before submitting.
This guide doesn’t work for me.
I got 1500+ articles on my blog, but even if i added 3 sitemap to robot.txt (1-500; 501-1000; 1001-1500), when i insert the links pointing to the 3 sitemaps on Google Search Console (former webmaster tool page), it only finds 151 pages for the first sitemap, the same 151 for the second and again 151 for the third, all the same.
Someone else got this problem too?
This post has been updated, see the new steps to adding a Blogger sitemap.
Does this site map URL generates automatically?
Yes, the new Blogger one is automatic. You just have to submit it to search engines 🙂
Thanks Elaine Malone
Thank you so much! I have added a sitemap to google and bing.
All i have to do now is add 500+ posts to my blog so that google and bing wouldn’t be left with a sitemap ready to crawl all dressed up and no place to go! LOL
This was so helpful! Thank you so much for this!
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Pls what about how to add robot.txt code in blogger.
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Thanks for the post, i just wanted to ask you that how many blogger posts should i have before i try to create and submit sitemap for blogger any idea, please guide me.
I just happened a few days ago to create a blog on blogspot. My blog has not been verified and submit sitemap to google webmaster tool. After reading this article I immediately practice it.
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How to create an image sitemap for blogger. My images are getting indexed by Google. Google search console is not displaying the number of images indexed against publised images.
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Wow! Thank You so-much, it helped me for my blogspot site. Also it was too easy to submit on Search Console.
– Thanks once more.
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Thanks a lot for updating us on generating and submitting blogger sitemap to
Google webmastertools. I have been doing it the old way.
Thanks for some great information..
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Thank you for sharing this awesome post with us. It was really helpful for me because i was looking for such kind of post for my site.
I have new site and i post 5 post on this blog can i submit sitemap to google search console
Thanks Xomisse. I was searching for a blog which has blogger sitemap article to link with my post. I am not in mood to write one by myself.
Don’t know your name though :’)
hello, I use my own domain name on blogger. my sitemap has only 69 posts but my blog has a total of 89 posts, what does this mean? and is there a post limit for sitemaps? I’m a proper newbie, pls help. thanks
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Great Post! Thanks for this informative post and the good thing is that you can build sitemap online. A sitemap reveals the initial definition of what you are going to offer on your website. This gives you an opportunity to make a good impression especially to new visitors who don’t have an idea how to navigate on your website. Simple structures work well but avoid the danger of making it too basic to be misunderstood. You can reference it in sitemaps, content strategies and functional specifications and it’s also a great way to show to the client what you are planning to build them.
Thanks for sharing nice info, i am implemented on my blog
Hi there! Nice stuff, do keep me posted when you post again something like this!
I find this post very useful for newbie.
Thanks.
Sam experience i feel but i am using Custom blogger template and my developer create site map so how i convert into automatically sitemap by blogger
Im facing 404 error with my sitemap. Help
Thanks for you kind information. I had implemented it on my blog