Podia
How do I get my Podia storefront on Google?
Connect a custom domain, verify it in Google Search Console, and submit yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml — Podia maintains it for your public storefront, product pages, and blog. Then write real titles and descriptions, because Podia leaves them blank by default.
https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml
Where the Podia sitemap lives
Podia generates a sitemap for your public storefront and product pages on a connected custom domain.
Why Podia pages don't get indexed
- Purchased content is gated and excluded from the sitemap.
- The podia.com subdomain can't be verified as your own domain property.
- Product pages are short and thin by default, which limits what they can rank for.
- Titles default to the product name.
- The blog is the main ranking surface and is usually empty.
Step by step: getting your Podia storefront into Google
- Connect a custom domain and publish.
- Verify the domain in Google Search Console.
- Submit https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml.
- Write a real title and description for each product page.
- Publish blog posts on the questions your buyers search for.
- Push new posts and product pages through the Indexing API at publish.
Podia indexing controls at a glance
- Sitemap — https://yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml — Podia generates a sitemap for your public storefront and product pages on a connected custom domain.
- robots.txt — Managed by the platform. Podia manages robots.txt; per-crawler rules aren't exposed.
- Rendering — Public storefront pages are server-rendered.
- Hiding a page — Limited per-page control. Public storefront and product pages are indexable; purchased content is gated.
- Custom head code — Podia supports code injection on paid plans for head markup.
- llms.txt — No root file hosting.
Connect your own Search Console, point IndexerNow at your sitemap, and push new and updated URLs straight to Google's Indexing API and IndexNow — on your account, your quota, no plugin.
Get your pages indexedFrequently asked
Where is the Podia sitemap?
At yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml on a connected custom domain, covering your storefront, products, and blog.
Why isn't my Podia product on Google?
Product pages are short and often carry the default title. Fill in real titles and descriptions, then submit the URL directly rather than waiting on a recrawl.
Should I use Podia's blog?
Yes. Product pages are too thin to rank for anything beyond your brand name; the blog is where you can actually answer queries.
Why isn't my Podia storefront showing up in AI answers?
Being in Google's index doesn't put you in ChatGPT's answers — those run on Bing plus their own crawlers, and they quote pages built to be quoted. The companion guide covers what Podia lets you control.
Podia AI visibility guide →Other platforms
Kajabi
Connect a custom domain, verify it in Google Search Console, and submit yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml — Kajabi maintains that sitemap for your public pages and blog. Course content behind the login won't be indexed, which is correct.
Teachable
Connect a custom domain, verify it in Google Search Console, and submit yourdomain.com/sitemap.xml — Teachable maintains it for your public pages. Course lessons stay out of the index because they're behind a login, so your ranking surface is the sales and about pages plus anything you publish elsewhere.
Gumroad
Gumroad product pages are indexed on Gumroad's schedule and you can't submit them — no Search Console property, no sitemap, no Indexing API. Publish a landing page on your own domain, index that, and use Gumroad purely for checkout.