Submitting your sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools allows Googlebot to crawl and index your site more effectively by giving them a full list of your site’s pages.
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Step 1: Before you submit your sitemap to Search Console, you will need to generate your sitemap file and upload it to the root of your site, most commonly under the path: /sitemap.xml
Step 2: Log in to Search Console and select Crawl, then click Sitemaps on the left navigation
Step 3: Click the Add/Test Sitemap button in the top right corner
Step 4: Enter the URL of your sitemap, then click Submit
