SitemapXML v.2

G'day,

I've just successfully replaced the old GoogleSiteMapAdmin with SiteMapXML (v 2.1.0 30.04.2009 10:35).

Seems to be working, but have three issues so far:

1 - sitemapezpages.xml not being generated. Get the following in the run report.

Ezpages Sitemap
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=account" ([URL]http://www.scubadoctor.com.au/diveshop/index.php?main_page=account[/URL])
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=privacy" ([URL]http://www.scubadoctor.com.au/diveshop/index.php?main_page=privacy[/URL])
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=site_map" ([URL]http://www.scubadoctor.com.au/diveshop/index.php?main_page=site_map[/URL])
EZ-Page ignored (out of base url): "index.php?main_page=index&cPath=21" ([URL]http://www.scubadoctor.com.au/diveshop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=21[/URL])
File [URL]http://www.scubadoctor.com.au/diveshop/sitemapezpages.xml[/URL]. Written 0 items (0 bytes), Filesize: 0 bytes

2- sitemaptestimonials.xml not being generated. Get nothing about testimonials in the run report.

3 - Ping Yahoo! fails. Get the following in the run report.

http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scubadoctor.com.au%2Fdiveshop%2Fsitemapindex.xml 
cURL Error: Error http_code "403" reading "[URL]http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scubadoctor.com.au%2Fdiveshop%2Fsitemapindex.xml[/URL]"

What have I done wrong?

Cheers, Lloyd Borrett.

G'day,

In part 3 above, I'm now not sure if the ping to Yahoo actually fails, or is incorrectly reported.

If I type http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scubadoctor.com.au%2Fdiveshop%2Fsitemapindex.xml into my browser, Yahoo returns,

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
[URL="http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorerService/V1/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.scubadoctor.com.au%2Fdiveshop%2Fsitemapindex.xml#"][B]-[/B][/URL] <Success xmlns="[B]urn:yahoo:api[/B]">
 <Message>[B]Update notification has successfully submitted.[/B]</Message> 
 
 </Success>
 
 
[B]-[/B] <!-- ws03.ydn.gq1.yahoo.com compressed/chunked Sun Jun  7 21:21:23 PDT 2009 --> 

So it seems the ping works. Maybe SiteMapXML simply isn't reading the reply from Yahoo properly and thus isn't properly reporting what has happened.

Cheers, Lloyd Borrett.

Danijel_M:

Most of the pages are in the sitemap products (categories also) with priority value in range 1.0 - 0.1 but some of them are with strange priority values "0**,1" while other with normal "0.**1" (comma instead of point"

Test this one:
file includes/classes/sitemapxml.php
find

$itemRecord .= '  <priority>' . max(number_format((($this->sitemapFileItemsMax-$this->sitemapFileItemsTotal)/$this->sitemapFileItemsMax), 2, '.', ''), 0.10) . '</priority>' . "\n";

replace by

$itemRecord .= '  <priority>' . number_format(max((($this->sitemapFileItemsMax-$this->sitemapFileItemsTotal)/$this->sitemapFileItemsMax), 0.10), 2, '.', '') . '</priority>' . "\n";

Installed OK but Google gives error.. General HTTP error: 404 not found Have I done something wrong??

lloyd_borrett:

1 - sitemapezpages.xml not being generated. Get the following in the run report.
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpost.php?p=727017&postcount=29

lloyd_borrett:

2- sitemaptestimonials.xml not being generated. Get nothing about testimonials in the run report.
I don't see testimonials on your site.

lloyd_borrett:

3 - Ping Yahoo! fails. Get the following in the run report.
Some errors detected, for ex. "limit exceeded".

a_berezin:

5 seconds in google and at first position found this - Google webmaster tools > All the URLs in your Sitemap are marked as having dynamic content.

Right, and that link proposed an answer that I already knew. As I stated in my post I changed the frequency to weekly....but at the time (for at least 3 days straight after changing it) it had not fixed the problem. Now...I was gone all weekend and apparently it's working now.

But thanks for pointing me to an answer that I had already stated that I tried. :smartalec:

I'm currently receiving an 404 error when i try to update my site map. It was working in the past but not sure what is wrong. Im using ezpages v1.3.7.

I checked to see if the map updated and it did not. I'm sure the answer to my question is here and i am just not finding it. Any ideas? Thank you in advance

SilverKop:

Installed OK but Google gives error.. General HTTP error: 404 not found Have I done something wrong??

Just a thought as I do not really understand how this mod works, but I have renamed my admin file, would this cause any conflict with the working of the mod.

Easy fix. Disable AVG if that's your anti virus!

Why does the sitemap generator add an &language=en to the end of the urls?

Urls look fine with that exception. The &language=en will create duplicate urls in google. How do you drop that?

I am still getting the Yahoo! ping error... anyone else experiencing this?

Other than that, everything is working fine for me.

xt0rt:

I am still getting the Yahoo! ping error... anyone else experiencing this?

Other than that, everything is working fine for me.

Yep- looks like the problem is at the Yahoo end.

MSN has a new ping url. The new url is - http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=%s.

smoke133:

MSN has a new ping url. The new url is - http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=%s.

Thanks!

hem:

Yep- looks like the problem is at the Yahoo end.

trinorthlighting:

Why does the sitemap generator add an &language=en to the end of the urls?

Urls look fine with that exception. The &language=en will create duplicate urls in google. How do you drop that?

I noticed thismyself and thought I installed wrong some I am re-installing. Doesn't look right that the URL's are not indexing as displayed. For example, I use SEO URL that has category name sin URL, but this Mod does NOT seem to pick up on the displayed URL

In sitemap setup, Google XML Sitemap Admin, when you click on STEP 1 [HERE] what should you see int he pop up window? Your web site or the XML sitemap? I am assuming if your web site pops up the Sitemap files are NOT being found??

Can somebody CONFIRM which file is uploaded in Google , I am getting TWO different answers. Is it:
A. googlesitemap.php?inline=yes
or
B. sitemapindex.xml

The &language=en will cause duplicate url issues in Google if you already have a lot of pages indexed. So if the majortity of your site is indexed, do not use the sitemaps with those urls ending in the &language=en because it will kill your rankings.

trinorthlighting:

The &language=en will cause duplicate url issues in Google if you already have a lot of pages indexed. So if the majortity of your site is indexed, do not use the sitemaps with those urls ending in the &language=en because it will kill your rankings.

How/where would you edit/remove "those urls ending in the &language=en " ?