Sitemap submission is the process of formally submitting a website’s XML sitemap to search engines, typically through Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools, helping ensure the search engine is aware of and can efficiently crawl all the site’s important pages.
While search engines can often discover a sitemap automatically (particularly if it’s referenced in robots.txt), directly submitting it through Search Console provides additional confirmation and reporting on how the sitemap is being processed.
After submission, Search Console reports on how many URLs from the sitemap have actually been indexed, providing a useful ongoing health check for a site’s overall indexing status.
Sitemap submission and monitoring is a standard part of our Technical SEO service.