Google SitemapAdmin

[hem]

Interesting- I added the 'url' attribute to the xml headers and now Google Webmaster is issuing warnings left right and centre (I forgot the important lesson: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"). It would appear that Google and Sitemap.org do not agree:

https://www.google.com/webmasters/to...emapValidation

versus

http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php#validating

[paulyrob]

I've had a site built for me using ZC 1.3.8 and now I have a question re Google Sitemaps. Sadly my developer is off on a long holiday otherwise I'd ask him.

I've registered with Google Webmaster which is crawling the site but says I don't have a Site Map. Looking at my site I can see the the Site Map code so how do I submit it to Google?

I went into Tools - Google XML Sitemap Admin and created (but did nothing else) the following code:

Google Sitemap Generation (v 1.3.19 20.04.2008 17:24) started

Save path - "/home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/"
Base URL - "http://www.xxx.com/"
File "robots.txt" not found in save path - "/home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/robots.txt"

Processing file: /home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/sitemapproducts.xml OK! Written 20 records, 4458 bytes
Generated Google Product Sitemap Successfully - http://www.xxx.com/sitemapproducts.xml

Processing file: /home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/sitemapcategories.xml OK! Written 9 records, 2081 bytes
Generated Google Category Sitemap Successfully - http://www.xxx.com/sitemapcategories.xml

Processing file: /home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/sitemapezpages.xml OK! Written 8 records, 1564 bytes
Generated Google EZPages Sitemap Successfully - http://www.xxx.com/sitemapezpages.xml

Processing file: /home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/sitemapindex.xml OK! Written 3 records, 733 bytes
Generated Google Sitemap Index Successfully - http://www.xxx.com/sitemapindex.xml

Total Execution Time 0:0.2610

Is this correct? Does "File 'robots.txt' not found...." indicate a problem? Finally, where does this Site Map actually go in my site so Google registers it?

Apologies for the long post.

Paulyrob

[hem]

I've had a site built for me using ZC 1.3.8 and now I have a question re Google Sitemaps. Sadly my developer is off on a long holiday otherwise I'd ask him.

I've registered with Google Webmaster which is crawling the site but says I don't have a Site Map. Looking at my site I can see the the Site Map code so how do I submit it to Google?

I went into Tools - Google XML Sitemap Admin and created (but did nothing else) the following code:

Google Sitemap Generation (v 1.3.19 20.04.2008 17:24) started

Save path - "/home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/"
Base URL - "http://www.xxx.com/"
File "robots.txt" not found in save path - "/home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/robots.txt"

Processing file: /home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/sitemapproducts.xml OK! Written 20 records, 4458 bytes
Generated Google Product Sitemap Successfully - http://www.xxx.com/sitemapproducts.xml

Processing file: /home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/sitemapcategories.xml OK! Written 9 records, 2081 bytes
Generated Google Category Sitemap Successfully - http://www.xxx.com/sitemapcategories.xml

Processing file: /home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/sitemapezpages.xml OK! Written 8 records, 1564 bytes
Generated Google EZPages Sitemap Successfully - http://www.xxx.com/sitemapezpages.xml

Processing file: /home/sites/xxx.com/public_html/sitemapindex.xml OK! Written 3 records, 733 bytes
Generated Google Sitemap Index Successfully - http://www.xxx.com/sitemapindex.xml

Total Execution Time 0:0.2610

Is this correct? Does "File 'robots.txt' not found...." indicate a problem? Finally, where does this Site Map actually go in my site so Google registers it?

Apologies for the long post.

Paulyrob

My post 3 messages back pretty much answers that.

[paulyrob]

Doh!

Sometimes you just can't see the wood for the trees.

Thanks

[hem]

Doh!

Sometimes you just can't see the wood for the trees.

Thanks

No problems, I've attached a default robots.txt file- Just change the bit that says "YOUR_WEBSITE_ADDRESS" to match the address of your website and ftp it to the root folder of your zencart site.

[a_berezin]

Hi hem,

Interesting- I added the 'url' attribute to the xml headers and now Google Webmaster is issuing warnings left right and centre (I forgot the important lesson: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"). It would appear that Google and Sitemap.org do not agree:

https://www.google.com/webmasters/to...emapValidation

versus

http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php#validating

What do you think about this? I think better to do as the Google - he knows better

[hem]

What do you think about this? I think better to do as the Google - he knows better

I agree- As Google Webmaster is the tool that everyone's measuring your mod by, better to be Google friendly at the moment. I'm going to check in a few of the Google groups though to find out why the sitemap.org header is not being followed.


Great mod by the way.

[a_berezin]

Great mod by the way.

Thank you. In the near future will be version 2.0.

[hem]

Looking forward to it- One item for the wishlist (if it's not already there): If the robots.txt does not exist, create a default file with the sitemap: directive added. If it does exist, see if the sitemap: directive is in it- add it if not and set to the correct sitemap.xml if it is.

[a_berezin]

Andrew,
I just removed the check robots.txt.
Let's discuss it.