Find and submit your sitemap
Every Genstore site automatically generates a sitemap.xml file that includes links to all your products, pages, blog posts, and more. These links help search engines crawl and index your website, making your content more discoverable in search results.
To speed up indexing, we recommend submitting your sitemap to Google Search Console. This allows search engines to discover your new pages more quickly and improves the overall visibility of your website.
Crawling and indexing times may vary depending on your site’s structure and content update frequency. Google does not guarantee how long the process will take. You can check the submission status and learn more in the Google Search Console Help Center.
Before you begin
- You need a Google Search Console account
Locate your sitemap file
Genstore automatically generates a sitemap.xml file at the root of your domain. For example: example.com/sitemap.xml.
This file updates automatically and includes child sitemaps for all products, pages, blogs, and more—no manual updates required. If you’ve enabled multiple languages or configured multiple domains for international targeting, each domain will generate its own sitemap.
If you have multiple domains but are not using internationalization, we recommend redirecting all secondary domains to your primary domain to avoid duplicate indexing or confusion about page ownership.
Verify site ownership (Google Search Console)
Before submitting your sitemap, you need to verify that you own your website through Google Search Console.
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Make sure your website is publicly accessible before verification. If your store is password-protected, temporarily disable the password first.
Verification steps
- Go to Google Search Console, click the ≡ icon, and select Add property from the dropdown menu.
- In the Select property type dialog, select URL prefix and enter your full domain, including
https://. - Click Continue.
- In the Verify ownership window, choose HTML tag or another method you’re comfortable with.
- Under HTML tag, click Copy to copy the full meta tag to your clipboard. Be sure to include the entire tag, including
<and>. For example:text<meta name="google-site-verification" content="IV7BPLESttSpBdxSWN1s4zlr4HIcuHkGQYmE3wLG59w" /> - Log in to your Genstore admin and go to Online Store -> Themes.
- Find the theme you want to edit, click the ... button to open the actions menu, and then click Edit code.
- In the Layout section, click
theme.liquid. - Paste the meta tag you copied in step 5 directly below the opening
<head>tag. - Click Save.
- Return to Google Search Console and click Verify.
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If the verification fails the first time, wait about 15 minutes and try again.
Submit your sitemap
- After verification, open your Google Search Console dashboard.
- (Optional) If you have multiple root domains under your account, use the dropdown at the top to select the correct domain.
- In the left-hand menu, go to Index -> Sitemaps.
- In the Add a new sitemap section, enter
sitemap.xml. The system will auto-complete your full URL (e.g.,https://example.com/sitemap.xml). - Click Submit.