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Having trouble indexing my Webflow site on Google and uploading my sitemap on Google Search Console. Getting an error message. Can you help?

TL;DR
  • Submit only sitemap.xml in Google Search Console and ensure your domain is correctly connected.
  • Publish your Webflow site to your custom domain, not just the staging one.
  • Check SEO settings to confirm the sitemap is enabled and search engines aren’t blocked.
  • Verify your DNS is pointing to Webflow’s IPs: 75.2.70.75 and 99.83.190.102.
  • Confirm your sitemap and robots.txt files load correctly and don’t contain crawl-blocking directives.
  • Use the URL Inspection tool to check crawlability and indexing of key pages.

If you're having trouble indexing your Webflow site and are seeing an error when uploading your sitemap to Google Search Console, it’s usually due to either a misconfigured sitemap URL, site not being published properly, or blocked indexing settings.

1. Verify Your Sitemap URL

  • Webflow automatically generates a sitemap at yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml.
  • In Google Search Console, go to Sitemaps, then enter sitemap.xml (not the full URL).
  • Make sure your domain is correctly connected to Google Search Console (proper property selected).

2. Publish Your Webflow Site to the Correct Domain

  • Go to Webflow Designer > Publish.
  • Make sure to publish to your custom domain, not just the Webflow.io staging domain.
  • Google will only crawl hosted live websites — verify that your domain is active and points correctly to Webflow.

3. Check Project Settings for SEO Settings

  • Go to Project Settings > SEO.
  • Make sure “Disable Webflow-generated sitemap” is unchecked.
  • Make sure “Prevent Search Engines from Indexing this Site” is unchecked under Project Settings > General > SEO.

4. Verify DNS Settings

  • Ensure your domain DNS is properly pointed to Webflow’s IPs:
  • (a) 75.2.70.75
  • (b) 99.83.190.102
  • DNS issues can prevent Google from accessing your site, leading to crawl or sitemap fetch errors.

5. Test the Sitemap with Fetch as Google

  • In Google Search Console, paste the sitemap URL (e.g., yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml) into your browser to ensure it loads.
  • Try submitting the sitemap again and check if the same error appears. If so, note the exact error message content.

6. Use Inspect URL Tool

  • In Google Search Console, use “URL Inspection” on your homepage and a few internal pages.
  • Click “Test Live URL” to confirm if Google can crawl and index the page.
  • This can help detect crawl issues like redirects, 404s, or blocked resources.

7. Check Robots.txt

  • Webflow auto-generates a robots.txt file at yourdomain.com/robots.txt.
  • Make sure it doesn’t include Disallow: / — which blocks all search engines.
  • Modify it under Project Settings > SEO > Robots.txt override if necessary.

Summary

To fix sitemap errors and indexing issues: submit only sitemap.xml in Google Search Console, publish your site, check SEO settings, and ensure DNS is correct. Also inspect your robots.txt file to confirm your site isn’t blocked from being crawled. These steps will help your Webflow site be indexed properly by Google.

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