Hi All, I created a personal website several months ago, but I can’t get any search results for my website. Any idea how I can improve this? The website is https://weilongsites.netlify.app/ . I don’t have my own domain, so I am using the domain “netlify.app” provided by Netlify directly. Thanks!

Have you submitted your website to Google to index? Google Search Console

Hi, thanks for the reply. I did try to submit to Google to index, but I have no idea where I should put the HTML file to Netlify. Any idea where I should upload that file? Thanks!

@Weilong Welcome to the Netlify community. You don’t use an HTML file for your sitemap. You can use a sitemap.txt file, which is basically a text file with a listing of all the URLs in your site, or you can use a sitemap.xml file, which is a specially-formatted file with more information. The TXT …

Thanks for the reply. But I still have some problems to solve this. It seems that I need to verify the domain before submitting a sitemap to Google. Any idea which method I should choose? [image] I think I can generate .XML file using some online generator. After I get the file, where should I put…

You can choose any method (except for DNS). It seems like, you’ve already uploaded the HTML file. That should do it. Once the website is published, tell Google to check for the file and you’re done.

@Weilong I don’t understand your workflow, but there is almost certainly a folder where you can put assets that are passed along to the final build without being changed. Chose the HTML file option and put the file Google gives you there. That’s where the robots.txt file can go, too. If your build p…

Are you sure you’ve uploaded the correct file (and the site is live)? I tried visiting this URL: https://weilongsites.netlify.app/googledfb3f973d721b24a.html (I got the filename from the screenshot you provided above) and I’m getting Error 404. The file that you’ve added should not be renamed or edi…

Thanks. I did upload exactly the same file and Netlify did publish my website. [image] But I still got the same error from Google. That’s why I am thinking maybe I should put the HTML file in a different folder? Thanks.

Ahh, my bad, I didn’t see that you’re using some website generator. Well, in that case, you might need to upload the file in your ‘static’ folder. That should do it.

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Thanks for the reply. I did upload the HTML file to the Github repository. But this is the error message I got, did I put it under the wrong folder?

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