I have a year old WP site that showed up on Google, but wasn't indexing all pages. I submitted the .xml sitemap via
https://www.google.com/ping?sitemap="url"
But that didn't seem fully effective. I then succumbed to uploading a verification file to the root directory (requires Google account) and resubmitted an inddx request. Within 12 hours a Google search of
Site:"my url"
yielded all pages. I'm terribly rusty with websites, hence my use of WordPress and willingness to taint my root directory with Google files. I do notice that exact, relevant queries in quotes still show no results for some content. Much to relearn.
I don't remember the initial loc. It's now in the root dir as mentioned. However, I'm still not pleased with the results, but perhaps it takes time. I'm sure backlink or two wouldn't hurt.
Site:"my url"
yielded all pages. I'm terribly rusty with websites, hence my use of WordPress and willingness to taint my root directory with Google files. I do notice that exact, relevant queries in quotes still show no results for some content. Much to relearn.