# Google Not Indexing Discourse Forum – Sitemap Not Approved

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-discourse-forum-sitemap-not-approved/359589
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** seo
**Created:** [March 31, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-discourse-forum-sitemap-not-approved/359589 "2025-03-31T08:14:49Z")
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### Author: ![Michael82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@Michael82](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michael82)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-not-indexing-discourse-forum-sitemap-not-approved/359589/4 "2025-03-31T13:42:30Z")

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Thanks for your suggestions!

1. I checked **/admin/reports/web\_crawlers** , and **Googlebot is on the list** , so it is crawling the forum.
2. The **allowed\_crawler\_user\_agents** list was empty, so I added:

```plaintext
Googlebot  
bingbot  
DuckDuckBot  

```

I’ve also resubmitted the sitemap in Google Search Console and will monitor if indexing improves over the next few days.

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