Google SitemapAdmin

[samad64]

it doesn't hurt to add all three... but if you open up sitemapindex it has references to the other two sitemaps.. so google will crawl them anyway :)

I've added all three.. no errors whatsoever.. so it should be fine

[Alex Clarke]

it doesn't hurt to add all three... but if you open up sitemapindex it has references to the other two sitemaps.. so google will crawl them anyway :)

I've added all three.. no errors whatsoever.. so it should be fine

That's what I've done! :)

Also, do you know why Google doesn't update the submitted date of mysite maps when I update them from Zen Cart?

[samad64]

That's what I've done! :)

Also, do you know why Google doesn't update the submitted date of mysite maps when I update them from Zen Cart?

Not sure.. mine seems to work fine. I think Google goes by the "date generated" line in the sitemap itself. i just regenerated it to test it though.. so i'll know in a few days whether or not it was accepted

note that i'm running an older version of the contribution.. never updated it as it never broke :). Not sure what version it is though.. anyone know how to tell?

EDIT:

Whoops.. i seemed to have been confused by your question. Date submitted basically means whenever you create it in your Google account and submit it for the first time - revisions are not considered new submissions, so updated sitemaps aren't new submissions. Last Downloaded is what you should go by - if it was downloaded recently you're OK. Mine was last downloaded on 1/16/07, and I think I generated it a few days before hand.. not 100% sure.

[Alex Clarke]

samad64, That makes sense. I was just a little confused as to why Google have a 'Resubmit' option for sitemaps. I guess it for people who setup the sitemap name wrong. Who knows.

Either way it looks like my sitemaps are (and have always been) working fine.

Thanks for the help. :)

[a_berezin]

Why not add all 3?

You must submit only Sitemap Index, which contain reference for all site map files on this site. Certainly you can transfer to Google all hundreds site мар files. But it will be duplication of the information and can be considered as spam. Now Google does not undertake any actions to this, but what will be tomorrow?

RTFM.
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...654&topic=8496
http://www.google.com/support/webmas...609&topic=8496

[a_berezin]

Add Google Sitemaps Stylesheet. The stylesheet has been created by Baccou Bonneville and others to display sitemaps XML files in a user-friendly way.

Download.

[kimsonvu]

Add Google Sitemaps Stylesheet. The stylesheet has been created by Baccou Bonneville and others to display sitemaps XML files in a user-friendly way.

Download.

What i need to do to update this module?Upload all of file or just gss.xml?

[a_berezin]

May be extend sitemap by adding:
1. Products reviews;
2. Info box (same as site_map);
3. EZ-pages;
4. Something else?

[kbalona]

I installed GoogleSitemapAdmin, everything went well, or so I thought. The Google XML Sitemap link is in Admin/Configuration, not Admin/Tools. Why is that? And when I look at the .xml files, they are empty? How do I make it update to add my products?

[Pixxi]

The Google XML Sitemap link is in Admin/Configuration, not Admin/Tools. Why is that? And when I look at the .xml files, they are empty?

You should have an entry under the 'Configuration' menu, and also under the 'Tools' menu.

The 'Tools' menu entry runs the sitemap generator and pings Google.

Try re-uploading the files in the mod - seems like you may have missed a file/some files, or perhaps put them in the wrong place.

Also make sure you set the permissions on the three feed (.xml) files to 777 (writeable).