Google Search Console has the wrong sitemaps listed

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by Peggy Buckham, Aug 27, 2018.

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    I have a BIG site. Reciently when I changed the site from http to https I regenerated all 20 sitemaps. I put the old ones in a folder "old_sitemaps" and submitted the new ones in Google Webmasters Tools.
    Today I am looking at Google Search Console and I see the only sitemaps that it has are the ones that I had put into the "old_sitemaps" folder. The correct sitemaps are on Google Webmaster Tools.
    So now I am wondering what is the best solution for this. I can simply delete the old sitemaps from the server and then resubmit the correct ones in Google Search Console. That was my first reaction. But I am wondering if someone has a reason why this is not a good idea.
    Can I put a 301 redirect in the htaccess file? Is that a good idea?
    I don't want to submit the new ones until I'm sure that Google is not paying attention to the old ones. I don't want to get penalized to submitting the same urls two times
     
    Peggy Buckham, Aug 27, 2018 IP
  2. Joshuathompson

    Joshuathompson Greenhorn

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    Hi! U should try to read info about Migrating from HTTP–>HTTPS on Search Console Help Center https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6033049
     
    Joshuathompson, Jan 3, 2019 IP
  3. Ryan M

    Ryan M Peon

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    If you delete the old ones and submit the new one, you will be fine.

    It will take some time for Google to figure it all out but you will not be penalized.
     
    Ryan M, Jan 17, 2019 IP
  4. Joshuathompson

    Joshuathompson Greenhorn

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    Yes. U need to submit the new one to https-property in Search Console
     
    Joshuathompson, Jan 19, 2019 IP
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    I think, It is very good if you do it in a new way
     
    mousumi akter, Jul 13, 2020 IP
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    I also had a very large site where the XML sitemaps were not being indexed. So on the home page or contact us page that get indexed all the time, add the URLs to the site maps. This will put them into the list.
    However, also use GSC to resubmit them. This means, delete the sitemap from the GSC>Sitemap then add them back. This will also get Google to read them.
     
    Jim Catanich, Sep 6, 2020 IP