Successfully Uploaded Sitemap, only a Handful of Posts Show up on Google

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  sunht2010 · Member · Jun 30, 2022 at 6:24 pm

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  tlol.church

  I have uploaded the sitemap to Google Search Console, the status is shown to be “success”. Yet only a handful out of 160+ posts show up in Google search.

  The few pages that are searchable became so after about a day after the sitemap upload. Yet, weeks later, the rest are still not searchable.

  Is this normal? Is there a way to fix this？

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  amiteshg93 · Member · Jun 30, 2022 at 6:43 pm

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  Hey there,

  WordPress.com does not have any control over when or how Google includes the content from search results. Content can sometimes take days or weeks to appear in Google search results.

  For more information, please see the following FAQ:
  https://wordpress.com/support/seo/

  For more information regarding Google’s webmaster tools, click here:
  https://wordpress.com/support/site-verification-services/

  Hope this helps!

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  sunht2010 · Member · Jun 30, 2022 at 9:55 pm

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  Thanks for the Reply!

  I was just wondering if this is common. The fact that some posts did show up in search results make me think there’s something wrong with the rest of the posts. But I really can’t tell.

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  amiteshg93 · Member · Jul 1, 2022 at 8:07 am

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  Hello again,

  The answer is yes, that is possible.
  You can, however, request a re-crawl of your website.

  More information here:
  https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/crawling/ask-google-to-recrawl

  Thanks! :)

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  sunht2010 · Member · Jul 1, 2022 at 7:11 pm

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  Thank you so much!

  Just tried the index request, hope it works out. :)

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 2, 2022 at 11:23 am

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  Hi there,

  Note that your plan gives you access to both live chat and direct email support. You can reach those at any time by clicking the Help icon that appears bottom-right on all the My Sites pages, or else via the direct link at https://wordpress.com/help/contact

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  sunht2010 · Member · Jul 2, 2022 at 3:20 pm

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  The index request worked like a charm! Thank you so much.

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  sunht2010 · Member · Jul 2, 2022 at 3:21 pm

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  Thanks for the heads-up. Will keep that in mind.