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#11 02-22-2008, 10:39 AM

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#12 02-22-2008, 08:30 PM

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Re: Google Webmaster Tools

Well heck... I went back to see what Google had to say about my site map and it says...

"Unsupported file format
Your Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. Please ensure it meets our Sitemap guidelines and resubmit."

Now, when I go to "Add a Site Map" there's a drop down that asks me to choose the type of site map I'm going to add. The choices are...

General Web Sitemap
Mobile Sitemap
Code Sitemap
Video Sitemap

I picked General Web Sitemap. Was that correct? Suggestions as to the issue?

Thanks!

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#13 02-23-2008, 03:39 AM

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Check if the sitemap is being created properly, because that is the option you need to choose and I had done the same and I didn’t get any errors.

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#14 02-23-2008, 07:08 AM

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Hmm... hate to say this but how do I check and see if VBSEO is creating it properly? This is what it looks like...

http://www.pc101.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Thoughts?

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Re: Google Webmaster Tools

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Hmm... hate to say this but how do I check and see if VBSEO is creating it properly? This is what it looks like...

http://www.pc101.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Thoughts?

vBSEO sends out a e-mail when the site map is created...or mine did anyway, but it has been a while since I used it...

You can see the results in the CP
It is in vBSEO CP if I remember right lol!

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#16 02-23-2008, 01:44 PM

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Re: Google Webmaster Tools

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vBSEO submits your sitemap to Google, but you can claim ownership of it in GWT by uploading the URL yourself.

Does a sitemap have to have a owner for Google to recognize it, or does Google automatically begin to use the sitemap when it gets submitted?

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#17 02-23-2008, 01:46 PM

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Re: Google Webmaster Tools

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Hmm... hate to say this but how do I check and see if VBSEO is creating it properly? This is what it looks like...

http://www.pc101.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz

Thoughts?

In your google webmaster tools as long as your sitemap urls submitted keep growing, chances are good its doing its job,

If you login to your vBulletin AdminCP -> vbSEO -> Sitemap Reports -> Show Reports List

you can also watch it there too.

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#18 03-13-2008, 05:33 PM

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I installed the sitemap and then went to my webmaster account and added it through there. (even though it said it submitted it automatically) I think it will only show up in your account if you add it. If it doesn't show up it doesn't necessarily mean Google isn't getting it (I think)

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I just posted a tool for doing site crawls here vBSEO Google/Yahoo Site Map Good?

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Re: Google Webmaster Tools

This is the file that you want to be submitting to google.

sitemap_1.xml.gz

So your sitemap would be...

http://www.pc101.com/forum/sitemap_1.xml.gz

You might also need to add the following lines to the .htaccess file in your forum root.

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*.(xml|txt)(.gz)?)$ forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

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