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On May 9th, 2021, I added a sitemap.txt file to one of my React apps so that it can get properly indexed in the search engine and I can start seeing stats on Google's search console. I am current hosting this app on Godaddy's shared hosting. 

Today, a couple of weeks later, I noticed that I am not showing hits on certain pages; just on the homepage. So, I went on my app and utilized real time tracking and I realized Google Analytics doesn't pick it up even in real-time. I figured this may have something to do with my sitemap submission.

To submit a sitemap to Godaddy shared hosting, I just went into the cPanel, went to the public_html and added my sitemap.txt file with a list of the pages I want to index, line by line.

Now, since not all of the pages are being indexed properly, I went into my search console and noticed that it excluded these subpages for some unknown reason. Amazingly, Google Search Console has a URL inspection tool where I can go into each of the links they excluded and request that Google indexes them by clicking on "REQUEST INDEXING" link. Within a couple of minutes, I'm able to see the other pages show up when I am on them via Google Analytics so it was a very easy process! Just watch out for your indexing quota.