A Sitemap is XML file that lists the URLs for a site. It allows webmasters to include more information about each URL: when it was last updated, how often it changes, and how important it is in relation to other URLs in the site. This allows search engines to crawl the site more intelligently.
Why it is important to submit sitemap to search engines?
Sitemap allows you to tell search engines about pages on your blog that are available for crawling. This is particularly more beneficial for blogs where some pages are not available through the browsable interface.
So, if some of your posts are not indexed by Google means they don’t show up in Google search, submitting a proper sitemap might resolve this issue.
How do you submit a sitemap?
Just go to Google Search Console homepage and sign in with same Google account which you are using for your blogger blog.
Click on your blog name to go to the blog’s Dashboard.
Navigate to Crawl > Sitemaps and click on ADD/TEST SITEMAP button.
One input box will appear, enter atom.xml, appending the necessary parameters and then click Submit Sitemap button.
start-index=1&max-results=500 : allows you to index maximum 500 posts per feed.
start-index=500&max-results=1000 : If you have more than 500 posts then add one more sitemap.
So your sitemap URL are
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500 (If you have up to 500 posts)
atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=500&max-results=1000 (If you have more than 500 and less than 1000 posts)
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