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    Question Is this how my site map is suppose look?




    Is my site map correct?

    Also when I go to
    http://www.combatarmsforum.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

    There's just a blank page,and it doesn't download why?

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    You have mix-matched your www's and non-www's.

    You can see its trying to load the style without www's. Make sure ALL your settings match.
    [How to] Setup www.yourdomain.com or yourdomain.com (www vs. non-www) - With .htaccess 301 redirects - vBulletin SEO Forums

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    And is this no enabling my seo to work?

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    Link failed for some reason above..

    [How to] Setup www.yourdomain.com or yourdomain.com (www vs. non-www) - With .htaccess 301 redirects





    and yes, this is a critical error that should be fixed at once.ALL settings should either use www's or all should not. Mixing them is bad news.

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    ok I changed it to combatarmsforum.com

    What do I need to do in google webmaster now?

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    Make sure everything there matches as well. You may need to re-veirfy that domain without the www's, and then re-generate your sitemap manually (from vbseo_sitemap/ ) so that it picks up your correct urls.

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    Ok I resubmitted everything,and google didnt say I had to verify anything.

    So is everything fixed now?

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    Also its telling me that I have 119 urls indexed,but I only see about 4 urls when I search my site.

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    webmaster tools is NOT real time. it can be several months behind. Use it as a guide only, not a stat.

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    So does everything look good now?

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    your sitemap still isn't loading. did you re-generate it manually?

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    Yes I regenerated it. I did it by pressing run generator. Does this mean my site map may not even be on google? This software is really starting to get annoying.

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    Your settings are simply not correct.

    http://www.combatarmsforum.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz
    is still trying to load something from
    http://combatarmsforum.com/
    which is simply NOT valid and throws an error.

    You need to make sure all your paths are identical, either with www's or without in all 3 areas:

    htaccess
    vboptions/settings
    webmaster tools

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Cummiskey View Post
    Your settings are simply not correct.

    http://www.combatarmsforum.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz
    is still trying to load something from
    http://combatarmsforum.com/
    which is simply NOT valid and throws an error.

    You need to make sure all your paths are identical, either with www's or without in all 3 areas:

    htaccess
    vboptions/settings
    webmaster tools
    Its without the w's
    http://combatarmsforum.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

    The link above works? I have no idea what your talking about?

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