<b>Split sitemaps by type, not by accident</b>

<b>Split sitemaps by type, not by accident</b>

Partitioning by content type turns GSC's per-sitemap coverage stats into a diagnostic instead of noise.

SOP:
Step 1 — One child sitemap per type: <code>products.xml</code>, <code>articles.xml</code>, <code>categories.xml</code>.
Step 2 — Keep each type's URLs together so indexing rates are comparable.
Step 3 — In GSC, read coverage per sitemap to isolate which type underperforms.

Why it beats arbitrary splits:
— ✅ "Products at 40% indexed, articles at 95%" is actionable.
— ❌ "sitemap-7.xml at 62%" tells you nothing about cause.

Threshold: each sitemap holds one logical type; you can name what's inside without opening it.

Definition of done: every child sitemap maps to a single content type, and GSC coverage is readable per type.