Sitemap no longer valid?

webmaster Joined: Aug 04, 2006 Posts: 26

Hi Kevin,

Long time no see Smile

Got a question to you. I've been using your sitemaps since the dawn of times, and all was dandy. However, I recently checked my google webmaster tools (and I frankly don't remember when was the last time I checked it before that), and it did not show any sitemap over there. I went ahead and resubmitted.

Well, here is the error it gives me after the resubmit:

Quote:

Sitemap is HTML
Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a supported sitemap format instead.

I am at a loss. Probably something changed on G side. Can you help me to fix this?

Thanks,
Misha
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Site Admin Joined: May 12, 2005 Posts: 876

Hi Misha,

Nice to hear from you!

I haven't checked my sitemap in a while, but did so now and all is well.

It's possible that some content is malformed. If you view the sitemap, you might see this by accessing the XML version in your browser.
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 1:47 pm Post subject:

Hi Kevin,

Well, I carefully eyeballed all the file and did not find anything that stands out. Then I took this sitemap and compared it to a typical WP sitemap, that google takes without a problem. The only difference I found is in urlset. Could not post the code here, so essentially nuke sitemap gives references to google and version 0.84, while wp sitemap references sitemaps.org and version 0.9. Could it be I am using an outdated version of nukeseo?

Thanks and regards,
Misha

Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 3:49 pm Post subject:

I haven't updated nukeSEO, so your version is current. We have a request to add the sitemap as a default module in RavenNuke, so maybe after I finish nukeSLIDERS and nukeSPAM, I can look into updating the Sitemap module.

webmaster Joined: Oct 26, 2007 Posts: 69

Just to clarify, which URL are you submitting to Google?
yoursite.com/modules.php?name=Sitemap&op=Google

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:42 am Post subject:

Yep, this url. I will try to change the urlset data and see if it makes any difference, just need time to get to it. I'll report back Smile

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:35 pm Post subject:

Also, make sure the sitemap module is visible to all users. Noticed on the site in your signature that "You are trying to access a restricted area." when trying to view the google sitemap.. that would explain the problem if that is the site in question.

Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 2:20 pm Post subject:

Kevin, you are a genius! Thank you bunches, it works now Smile

webmaster Joined: Dec 26, 2005 Posts: 254

While Kevin is in fact a genius (by my standards), it was spasticdonkey who had the answer. Good catch spastic!
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 2:01 pm Post subject:

Oh, I am so sorry Spasticdonkey, I got so excited I did not even look at who posted the reply! You are a genius, too! Smile

Thanks a lot to both of you guys. Smile

Hi Rob, so long. Thanks for fixing me yet another time. Smile

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 4:31 pm Post subject:

Hi, Misha. Was good to see you still around. Smile

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