WTNMarket Bing discovery paths: links, sitemap and IndexNow

Give Bing a crawlable path

Every public WTNMarket article should be reachable from the guide library or a related article. A sitemap helps discovery, but it should not be the only route to a page.

Use descriptive anchors that explain the relationship between the two resources.

Keep the sitemap canonical

List only HTTPS canonical URLs that return indexable content. Exclude admin routes, recovery pages, redirects and the custom 404 response.

Set lastmod to the date of the last meaningful content update rather than the deployment time of unrelated files.

Use IndexNow selectively

Submit newly created or materially changed canonical URLs. Sending the entire site after every small edit reduces the value of the notification history.

Keep a local record of the submitted URL list and response status for later troubleshooting.

Review Bing reports

After submission, check URL Inspection, sitemap processing, crawl issues and search performance. A successful IndexNow response means the notification was accepted, not that indexing is guaranteed.

Resolve content or canonical conflicts before resubmitting.

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