Axon is hiring three Paid Media Managers to run search and align paid with organic search. But its three flagship product pages are missing from its own sitemap: Axon Body 4, TASER 10 and Draft One are listed only under /ar/, while the US, UK, Canadian, Australian, German and Dutch versions are live and unlisted, and Body 3 and Fleet 3 are listed everywhere. The same US pages also have no meta description or Open Graph text, so a chief searching "Draft One" sees whatever snippet Google picks.
First action
Add the US Axon Body 4, TASER 10 and Draft One URLs to the sitemap generator.
How to measure it
Flagship pages in the sitemap with descriptions, all locales
- Now
- –
- Target
- 100%
- By
- 2 weeks
Steps
Confirm the gap
List the locales of the three pages missing from the sitemap.
Web Team 1 hour
Fix the generator
Include every live locale; remove redirected URLs.
Web Team 1 day
Write descriptions
Title and 150-character description per product.
Content Marketing Manager 1 day
Add Open Graph tags
Title, description and image.
Web Team 1 day
Add hreflang
Between locale versions.
Web Team 1 day
Re-crawl
Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.
Head of Digital Marketing 1 hour
Align paid
Paid search points to the same pages.
Paid Media Manager 1 week
Track
Impressions and click-through per product.
Head of Digital Marketing 6 weeks
Why it works
Add every live locale of the three pages to the sitemap (and drop the two redirected Fleet 2 and Flex 2 URLs), write a 150-character description and Open Graph title for each, and add hreflang between locales. Then ask Google and Bing to re-crawl. Give paid search a matching landing page per product so paid and organic point to the same, complete page.
Search engines find and refresh pages faster when the sitemap lists them, and a written description lifts click-through on the searches Axon cares most about, which makes every paid click cheaper to back up.
Ready to use
ChecklistFlagship page fix
[ ] Body 4, TASER 10, Draft One in sitemap for every live locale [ ] Fleet 2 and Flex 2 redirects removed from sitemap [ ] Meta description on each page [ ] Open Graph title, description, image [ ] hreflang between locales [ ] Re-crawl requested [ ] Weekly sitemap-vs-live check
Risks and how to handle them
Other new pages miss the sitemap too
Add a weekly check that compares live product pages with the sitemap.
Locale pages are thin copies
Localize descriptions with the regional teams.
Evidence
- Sitemapaxon.com's robots.txt points to one sitemap of 3,745 URLs (checked October 21, 2026). The Axon Body 4, TASER 10 and Draft One product pages appear in it only under /ar/; the US, UK, Canadian, Australian, German, Dutch and other versions are live (they return 200) but are not listed. Older products (Axon Body 3, Axon Fleet 3, Axon Air) are listed in every locale, and two listed URLs (/products/axon-fleet-2 and /products/axon-flex-2) redirect.Source
- Your websiteThe US Axon Body 4, TASER 10 and Draft One pages have short titles ("Axon Body 4", "TASER 10 - Axon", "Draft One - Axon"), no meta description and no Open Graph title or description, so search results and shared links show no summary. The Axon Evidence page, by contrast, has a full title ("Secure, AI-Powered Digital Evidence Management") and a description.Source
- HiringPaid Media Manager (three openings in Scottsdale, Boston and Seattle, posted October 19, 2026; reports to the Head of Digital Marketing): runs paid search, paid social, programmatic, YouTube, "industry publications, and ABM platforms"; "ongoing keyword research"; will "Connect ad platforms with CRM, marketing automation, and analytics tools"; ensure "alignment between paid programs and ... paid and organic search strategies"; work with web and content teams on "landing pages, and conversion rate optimization"; and "extend paid campaigns into international markets".Source
- HiringContent Marketing Manager (Scottsdale and Boston, posted July 30, 2026; reports to the VP, Brand & Creative): "one of Axon's primary storytellers", writing "product launch messaging, campaign copy, customer stories, articles, websites, social copy, video scripts" and "sales enablement assets".Source