Title: How does Google view a multisite
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# How does Google view a multisite

 *  [OldTrog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oldtrog/)
 * (@oldtrog)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-google-view-a-multisite/)
 * Hi,
 * I am developing a multi site. Of course I use several plugins, like a site map
   plug in. When I ran a Google health check using the main site url the report 
   did not recognise the existence of the site map. This made me question, Does 
   anyone know whether Google is checking the multi site set up or just the main
   url?

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-google-view-a-multisite/#post-5239804)
 * Google checks the domain you tell it to check.
 * If you say ‘Check domain.com’ then it looks there and _not_ foo.domain.com.
 *  Thread Starter [OldTrog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oldtrog/)
 * (@oldtrog)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-google-view-a-multisite/#post-5239805)
 * Hi Ipstenu. Err… not sure what that means. I am not that technical.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-google-view-a-multisite/#post-5239808)
 * > Does anyone know whether Google is checking the multi site set up or just the
   > main url?
 * Google checks what you tell it to check.
 * What did you ask it to check?
 *  Thread Starter [OldTrog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oldtrog/)
 * (@oldtrog)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-google-view-a-multisite/#post-5239809)
 * I just added the main site url. All the other blogs are of course linked and 
   called by the main site.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-google-view-a-multisite/#post-5239810)
 * > All the other blogs are of course linked and called by the main site.
 * Linked _how_? In the sitemap? If so how did you do that?
 *  Thread Starter [OldTrog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oldtrog/)
 * (@oldtrog)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-google-view-a-multisite/#post-5239811)
 * Ipstenu this is the site www-roamer-educational-robot.com They are hyperlinked
   to various menus. The sitemap I am also having a problem with because even though
   I have used a plugin to create the map, Google reported no site map. I find that
   confusing.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-google-view-a-multisite/#post-5239822)
 * You mean the /sitemap.xml ? That doesn’t have your subsites if you look at that.
   So that’s why.
 * You have to add each site, or use one for Multisite.
 *  [kategross](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kategross/)
 * (@kategross)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-google-view-a-multisite/#post-5239825)
 * google should accept well because matt cutt blog is just like a multi sites
 *  Thread Starter [OldTrog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oldtrog/)
 * (@oldtrog)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-google-view-a-multisite/#post-5239826)
 * Sorry Kate I have no idea what this means. Matt Cutts blog simply says he is 
   on leave.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-google-view-a-multisite/#post-5239829)
 * Matt’s blog is running WordPress Multisite is what Kate means 🙂

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 * [site-map](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/site-map/)

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