How to submit an XML sitemap to Google Search Console & Bing Webmaster Tools

To submit an XML sitemap to Google and Bing, first you need to verify ownership of your website:

https://promotemyplace.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/216229863

Once you have done that instructions for submitting your sitemap to Google and Bing are as follows:

Google

To submit your XML sitemap to Google go to the sitemap section in Google Search Console and follow the instructions provided for submitting your sitemap:

http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=183669

Just type in sitemap.xml into the field provided.

Bing

To submit your XML sitemap to Bing go to the sitemap section in Bing Webmaster Tools and follow the instructions provided for submitting your sitemap:

http://www.bing.com/webmaster/help/how-to-submit-sitemaps-82a15bd4

Make sure you enter the full URL for your sitemap into the field provided, which will be yourdomainname.com/sitemap.xml - replacing yourdomainname.com with your own domain name.