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Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - krysttof - 2013-04-03
Hello !
I use GS v3.2 for my web site. GS create a sitemap.xml file.
When I use Google Webmaster Tools, it doesn't see/find the sitemap.xml file, it display this message : "Aucun sitemap n'a été trouvé pour ce site" (in french).
What's the problem ?
Thank's for your help !
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - Timbow - 2013-04-03
I looked at a couple of sites this morning and found the same thing, but I was able to manually submit the sitemap.xml and google read it.
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - Connie - 2013-04-03
I added / included / registered / whatever the GS Sitemap of some websites to the Google Webmaster Tools recently and get this message as well, I just checked....
so there must be some non-valid XML-code, or missing attribute in that, I am not so firm with sitemaps...
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - shawn_a - 2013-04-03
Has anyone ran a xml validator on it ?
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - krysttof - 2013-04-03
The site : http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html said : Sitemap is valid : Yes.
The site : http://www.validome.org/google/ said The Document is valid.
The site : http://www.xmlcheck.com said : The Sitemap is valid!.
The site : http://sitemapxml.net/sitemap-validator.php said Valid XML Sitemap.
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - shawn_a - 2013-04-04
Strange, maybe google is having a problem locating the sitemap ? Not parsing it.
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - krysttof - 2013-04-04
With the Google Webmaster Tools, I just tested the sitemap.xml file and it said to me that It's valid : Aucune erreur n'a été trouvée !
But it can't see the file !
Crazy !
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - shawn_a - 2013-04-04
Maybe you have to submit it manually? Does it normally find them automatically ?
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - krysttof - 2013-04-04
I hasked to Google Webmaster Tools to generated a sitemap.xml file and I compared the two files (Google sitemap & GetSimple sitemap) with DiffMerge app, and the app said : no difference ! the files are identical !
That there is nothing to understand!
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - shawn_a - 2013-04-04
I checked my logs, there was no request for a sitemap from google. Failed or otherwise.
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - n00dles101 - 2013-04-04
can you view the http://www.yoursite.com/sitemap.xml file directly in the browser?
Is it a .htaccess issue?
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - shawn_a - 2013-04-04
Is this a new site, has webmaster tools had time to crawl your site yet ?
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - krysttof - 2013-04-04
@shawn_a : no it's not a new site.
I removed the Google sitemap and replaced by the GetSimple sitemap.
And now Google Webmaster Tools see it !
@n00dled101 : yes I can view the file directly in my brother.
To your knowledge, did anyone else have this problem?
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - shawn_a - 2013-04-04
I do not see a sitemap on mine either, but no where does it say it automatically pulls it. It just says submit.
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - n00dles101 - 2013-04-04
Don't think its automatic you need to submit it per site.
If your site is properly indexed by Google you don't need it, but it does no harm to submit one...
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - yojoe - 2013-04-04
Did you ping search engines with domain/sitemap.xml ?
Maybe ping funct. is broken or url to ping sitemap isn't valid anymore ?
But this shouldn't occur.
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - Connie - 2013-04-04
what about the gsconfig-option?
this is the configuration as it comes from temp.gsconfig.php:
GSDONOTPING enabling this disables the auto-ping of search engines when generating a sitemap
PHP Code:
# Ping search engines upon sitemap generation?
define('GSDONOTPING', 1);
maybe we should experiment with
PHP Code:
# Ping search engines upon sitemap generation?
define('GSDONOTPING', 0);
and also
PHP Code:
# Ping search engines upon sitemap generation?
#define('GSDONOTPING', 1);
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - shawn_a - 2013-04-04
What does ping have to do google webmaster tools?
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - yojoe - 2013-04-05
(2013-04-04, 22:41:25)shawn_a Wrote: What does ping have to do google webmaster tools?Among the others, resubmitting sitemap through http request.
Actually I never had to add GS sitemap in GWT.
Since it's name and location is somewhat default, crawlers have no problems finding it. It's just a matter of time, if no step towards indexation in search engines has been made.
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - shawn_a - 2013-04-05
hmm I notice I get ping errors with i18n plugins installed.
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - marrco - 2013-04-09
A sitemap can be referenced in robots.txt so that you don't need google to autodiscover it or manually submit using google webmaster tools: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=183669
Quote:Submit a Sitemap using robots.txt
You can tell Google and other search engines about your Sitemap by adding the following line to your robots.txt file (updating the sample URL with the complete path to your own Sitemap):
Sitemap: http://example.com/sitemap_location.xml
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - Timbow - 2013-04-09
Thanks Marrco, I didn't know that.
I have been writing a guide to getting SEO basics right in GS and have corrected the sitemap stuff.
http://get-simple.info/wiki/seo_for_getsimple
It's a wiki - anyone should feel free to improve it if I have got things wrong.
RE: Google sitemap vs GetSimple sitemap - shawn_a - 2013-04-09
I did that already doesn't help, only useful if your sitemap is non standard locations/names.