I have a blog page on a company's subdomain where I have written 15 posts and uploaded an RSS feed to Google, thinking it was a sitemap. After realizing my mistake, I uploaded the correct sitemap two weeks later. How will this affect the results?
Don’t worry, you’re not in trouble. While uploading an RSS feed instead of a sitemap isn’t ideal, Google can still figure out your site structure from either. The main difference is that a sitemap gives Google more specific information about your pages, while RSS is mainly for recent content.
You fixed the mistake by uploading the correct sitemap after two weeks. Google constantly crawls sites, so it will pick up the new information soon enough.
Here’s what might have happened:
- Google might have indexed your content a bit slower at first.
- You might see a small boost in indexing now that the proper sitemap is up.
However, for a small blog with 15 posts, the difference is probably minimal. Google likely found all your content anyway.
Just keep creating good content and make sure your sitemap stays up to date from now on. You’ll be alright.