---
title: "IndexNow and Sitemap Hygiene for a Bilingual SSG"
description: "Keep EN/FA URLs discoverable without lying to crawlers."
author: "Mohammad-Pouya Ghourchiani"
canonical: "https://ghourchiani.ir/blog/indexnow-bilingual-ssg"
date: "2026-09-12"
lang: "en"
---
# IndexNow and Sitemap Hygiene for a Bilingual SSG

## Direct answer

One sitemap index, hreflang pairs, IndexNow key file at the site root, submit after every meaningful deploy.

## Checklist

- `sitemap-index.xml` covers both locales
- canonical + hreflang on every page
- `{key}.txt` publicly fetchable
- secondary domain (`pouyagh.ir`) stays `noindex`

## Links

- Home: [/](/)
- About entity: [/about](/about)