My sitemap (/sitemap_index.xml) contains 4 files and was submitted to GWT about:
http://satellitedirecttvreviews(DOT)com/post-sitemap.xml
http://satellitedirecttvreviews(DOT)com/page-sitemap.xml
http://satellitedirecttvreviews(DOT)com/attachment-sitemap.xml
http://satellitedirecttvreviews(DOT)com/category-sitemap.xml
Question: What is /attachment-sitemap.xml and do I need it? I'm noticing multiple attachment files indexed in Google:
/?attachment_id=895
/?attachment_id=434
/?attachment_id=629
/?attachment_id=354
And so on
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I also submitted an image sitemap... /sitemap-image.xml to GWT.
Question: Is this necessary or should I deleted it?
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Inside my /sitemap_index.xml file, GWT is showing the following...
/attachment-sitemap.xml
Item: Web | Submitted: 82 | Indexed: 3
/category-sitemap.xml
Item: Web | Submitted: 4 | Indexed: 1
/page-sitemap.xml
Item: Web | Submitte: 4 | Indexed: 4
Images: 3 | Indexed: -
/post-sitemap.xml
Item: Web | Submitted: 16 | Indexed: 11
Images: 43 | Indexed: -
I have no sitemap errors or index errors and no blocked urls.
I have 19 posts but my /post-sitemap.xml file in GWT is showing only 16 posts submitted with 11 posts indexed which is incorrect. Out of the 19 posts, I only have 1 post that's not indexed in Google. So my /post-sitemap.xml file is suppose to show 19 posted submitted and 19 indexed.
Question: What can I do to make this right?
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None of my keyword phrases are returning any of my posts in Google but many of them do return my posts in Bing and Yahoo.
Question: Any idea what could be causing this issue?
Appreciate help from anyone.