2 different sitemap & webmaster tools

Hello,

This is in continuation of Google Webmaster Tools - Recommended for All vBSEO Customers

What domain to i enter in the webmaster tools now? domain.com or domain.com/forum?

I deleted the sitemap that i had in domain/sitemap.xml and i added the web address to the extra-urls.txt file.

In case if you add non-forum URLs in vBSEO sitemap, you should move sitemap to the domain root as described in Sitemap:FAQ - VBSEO Wiki and submit it to domain.com website entry.

You don't want to include the extra-urls.txt as a "sitemap". It will be included as a part of your vBSEO Sitemap.

Do i leave this the way it is in the .htaccess file that's inside the forum folder?

Code:

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

Yes. You shouldn't need to modify the one inside the forum folder. Those lines won't really be used once you start submitting from your site root anyway.

Thanks Everyone,

Hi,

I tried to move sitemap to the domain root and I did everything you say here, but I'm getting this error in Google Webmaster Tools...

http://www. domain.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz
Example: sitemap.xml General HTTP error: 404 not found
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.

I've also added this in domain root .htaccess

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

Am I missing something?

Do you have any other rewrite rules in domain root .htaccess?

Yes... This is all of it:

Code:

Options All -Indexes
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.domain\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

You should move sitemap directives to the top.

When i entered the sitemap I entered like in the wiki >> domain.com/sitemap_X.xml.gz did not work :(

Which one is it sitemapindex.xml.gz or sitemap_X.xml.gz?

Your sitemaps are:
http://www.mpnoobs.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz
http://www.mpnoobs.com/sitemap_1.xml.gz

I claimed both www.mysite.com and www.mysite.com/forum, the first has the joomla sitemap while the latter has the vbseo sitemap.

It works like a charm.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Your sitemaps are:
http://www.mpnoobs.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz
http://www.mpnoobs.com/sitemap_1.xml.gz

Oleg do i enter them both? Or one of the 2?

You can submit index sitemap alone (it won't hurt if you submit both though).