Segmenting one 50K sitemap into 7: isolated a 23% indexation hole
Single monolithic sitemap, 49,800 URLs, reporting 71% indexed in aggregate. No way to see where the 29% lived.
We split by template into 7 sitemaps and read per-file indexation.
Blog ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░ 94%
Products ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░ 88%
Category ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░ 77%
Landing /lp/ ▓▓░░░░░░░░ 23%
The /lp/ folder (8,400 URLs) was tanking the average — thin, templated, near-duplicate. We rewrote 600, noindexed the rest.
Delta:
— /lp/ indexation on the kept set: 23% → 81%
— Aggregate site indexation: 71% → 89%
so what: an aggregate indexation number hides the failing segment. Segmentation is measurement, not cosmetics — it told us exactly which 17% of URLs to fix.
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Segmenting one 50K sitemap into 7: isolated a 23% indexation hole
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