Sitemap Couldn’t Fetch Error In Console

@arikjeet We looked and we can see your sitemap loading here https://electronicsguide4u.com/sitemap_index.xml so the sitemap is loading as expected and nothing should prevent it from being fetched by Google. If you are receiving the error of ‘Couldn’t Fetch’ for the sitemap in Google, we suggest the following actions to resolve this :

1. Clear all your caching from your theme, plugin, server, CDN like CloudFlare or browser. If you are not sure how to clear caching from theme/plugin please speak to those authors. If you want to clear cache from the server, please speak to your host provider.
2. Delete your sitemap in Google. Doing so will not hurt the SEO of the site. This guide explains more (scroll to the bottom): https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/183669?hl=en.
3. Submit the sitemap again. Be sure to submit only sitemap_index.xml and nothing else. This guide explains more: https://yoast.com/help/submit-sitemap-search-engines/.
4. If your robots.txt file contains any sitemap directives, edit your robots.txt to remove your sitemaps. This guide explains more: https://yoast.com/help/how-to-edit-robots-txt-through-yoast-seo/

If resubmitting the sitemap does not resolve the warning, it may be due to a bug or issue in Google Search Console. We would recommend first checking the sitemap for any issues in a validator such as https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html, and if no issues are found, we would then recommend checking the sitemap in Google Search Console using the URL Inspection Tool.

To check whether the sitemap can be fetched using the URL Inspection Tool in Google Search Console you would need to perform the following steps:

? Click on ‘URL Inspection’ in the left hand menu
? Enter the URL of your sitemap in the entry field
Since the sitemap is intentionally set to noindex, the page will not be in Google’s index.
? Click the ‘Test Live URL’ button
? After the Live Test is complete, check the ‘Page Fetch’ status which is located under ‘Crawl’

We also we have a guide on using the URL Inspection Tool feature here: https://yoast.com/help/fetch-as-googlebot/

If you continue to experience the ‘Couldn’t Fetch’ error, you can also reach out to Google Search Console support at the following link: https://support.google.com/webmasters/?hl=en#topic=9002753

?Also, you can create your own thread about this warning and receive assistance on resolving it by creating a post on the Google Search Console support forum at: https://support.google.com/webmasters/thread/new?hl=en`

In the google url inspection tool , i am seeing error as below :

Page fetch : Failed:Not found (404)

Also when i enter yoast sitemap url i.e https://electronicsguide4u.com/sitemap_index.xml in sitemap section (after deleting all existing ones) again getting same error as ‘couldn’t fetch’

Further, when i put the sitemap url as ‘https://electronicsguide4u.com/sitemap.xml’ it is showing success message in console. So whats the diff between only sitemap.xml and sitemap_index.xml ??

Thanks for following up with us. We are sorry to hear that you’re still having trouble with the sitemap index. The https://electronicsguide4u.com/sitemap.xml is actually redirecting to the https://electronicsguide4u.com/sitemap_index.xml. So, there’s no difference thus, submitting the sitemap_index.xml shall work correctly as expected.

That said, please share a screenshot in which you highlight the relevant error you’re seeing when submitting the sitemap_index.xml so that we can take a look at it.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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