--- title: "Submitting Your Sitemap" description: "How to submit your sitemap to Google Search Console to start getting indexed." canonical_url: "https://nuxtseo.com/docs/sitemap/guides/submitting-sitemap" last_updated: "2026-05-25T04:25:38.082Z" --- ## Introduction When going live with a new site and you're looking to get indexed by Google, the best starting point is to submit your sitemap to Google Search Console. > Google Search Console is a free service offered by Google that helps you monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot > your site's presence in Google Search results. **Validate before submitting** - Use our [XML Sitemap Validator](/tools/xml-sitemap-validator) to check for errors before submitting to Google Search Console. ## Submitting Sitemap Google provides a guide on [Submitting your Sitemap to Google](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/sitemaps/build-sitemap) which is a great starting point. You should index either `/sitemap.xml` or if you're using multiple sitemaps, add `/sitemap_index.xml`. ### Deprecation of Sitemap Pinging In January 2024, Google [deprecated the "ping" endpoint](https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/06/sitemaps-lastmod-ping) (e.g., `http://www.google.com/ping?sitemap=...`). You should no longer use this method to notify Google of updates. Instead, rely on: 1. **robots.txt reference**: Ensure your `robots.txt` contains the `Sitemap: ...` line (Nuxt Sitemap does this automatically). 2. **Google Search Console**: Submit the sitemap once, and Google will crawl it periodically. 3. **lastmod**: Keep your `lastmod` dates accurate so Google knows when to recrawl specific URLs. ## Requesting Indexing It's important to know that submitting your sitemap does not guarantee that all your pages will be indexed and that it may take some time for Google to crawl and index your pages. To speed up the process, you can use the [URL Inspection Tool](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/9012289) to request indexing of a specific URL. In some cases you may want to expedite the indexing process, for this, you can try out my free open-source tool [Request Indexing](https://requestindexing.com). ## Sitemap Error When submitting a sitemap for the first time you may get see "Error". This is because Google previously crawled your site for a sitemap and found nothing. When encountering this it's best to wait a few days and see if the error resolves itself. If not, you can try resubmitting the sitemap or making a [GitHub Issue](https://github.com/nuxt-modules/sitemap).