SEO
John Mueller: Use Default Sitemap or RSS for AI Crawlers
Google's John Mueller says AI training crawlers rarely accept sitemap submissions. Use a default sitemap.xml or RSS feed to make your content discoverable.
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Google says couldn’t fetch can be a quality verdict
Google Search Off the Record explains why a valid sitemap can show couldn't fetch: host load or low crawl demand tied to site quality.
SEO
62% of Top Sites With Sitemaps Fail at Least One Check
A lintlab crawl of Chrome UX Report top 1,000 origins found most sitemaps carry flawed URLs or dates, and only 66 serve llms.txt.
