Google has a bizarre and considerably restricted and uncommon challenge with sitemap recordsdata inside Google Search Console. These sitemap recordsdata can’t be fetched and retrieved by Google Search. The problem appears to be associated to 5-character subdomains which can be on a Polish ccTLD, .pl.
Jakub Sawa posted concerning the challenge on LinkedIn and defined it’s not a problem on .com or .web TLDs however does appear to influence .pl ccTLDs, when it’s a subdomain with 5 characters.
He wrote:
You probably have a nationwide area .pl (we checked .com and .web – the error would not happen there),
create a subdomain with a reputation consisting of EXACTLY 5 characters (e.g., test1.jakubsawa.pl), add it to GSC (both as a property or area), and add a hyperlink to sitemap.xml.GSC WON’T FETCH IT!
Google Search Console will present a fetching error while you add these sitemap recordsdata to Google Search Console’s sitemap part.
He added, “It isn’t about lack of entry (as a result of Google bots have entry), however there is not even a hint of any request to this sitemap within the logs (after including in GSC panel)!” “We examined this on greater than a dozen totally different domains, on many internet hosting suppliers. We checked DNS settings, inside routing, with and with out Cloudflare and subdomains starting from 1 to 10 characters – and the issue ONLY happens with 5-character subdomains,” he stated.
How bizarre that this solely impacts 5-character subdomains.
There are complaints about this additionally within the Google Webmaster Boards and a few screenshots of the error:
Here’s a higher screenshot from Jakub Sawa – he emailed me this one:
Google appears to concentrate on the difficulty however has not but replied about it.
Discussion board dialogue at LinkedIn and Google Webmaster Boards.
