Official statement
Removing pages from the sitemap file only aids in additional crawling, but it does not prevent Google from crawling those pages and does not remove them from the index. The sitemap does not stop natural crawling or indexing.
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Is it really necessary to split your XML sitemap into multiple files?
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TL;DR
Removing a page from a sitemap does not take it out of the index and does not stop Google from crawling it. The sitemap assists in crawling but doesn’t control indexing.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Le retrait d'une page du sitemap affecte-t-il son classement ?
Non, le retrait du sitemap ne fait que suggérer les priorités de crawl à Google.
Comment bloquer effectivement une page pour Google ?
Utilisez la balise noindex et les outils Google Search Console.
Pourquoi Google crawle-t-il des pages non listées dans le sitemap ?
Google peut découvrir des pages via des liens internes ou externes.
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