Site map doenst work at all...

Hi guys,

I have recently switched my site installation from WP to WPMU and after the switch my site map stopped working.

If you go here: http://www.macciti.com/forum/sitemap_index.xml.gz

You will be able to see the error for yourself. When i manually generate the site map, i get a report saying that all search engines were pinged successfully. However when i check my Google Tools, it shows that my sitemap is not working.


Any help would be appreciative.

That sitemap looks correct to me. What is your error?

have you tried to go to that page? Here is what i get:



and this is what google says:




I have SFTP into my server, but that path/directory doesn't exist.

Hello,

What is the Google error?

Also, the picture when you go to the sitemap in chrome is correct. Chrome cannot yet view the contents like Firefox and IE.

As you see on the picture, according to webmasters tools, my sitemap is not working properly or something. I used to have green check mark where now i see is a red "x"... see attachemnt 2.

Also, i have used the same path in Firefox and it looked like this:



Is it ok?

On your Google, where you see that red X, hit the sitemap name, and it should list the errors on the next page.

Ok, here is what i got:

See here, too bog to post

That is because you have your archive enabled. We recommend disabling it.

Please see here:
Why the vBulletin archive is useless and counterproductive
[How To] Completely Turn Off the vBulletin Archive

How do i do that Michael?

The second link I gave you should show you how to disable it, and remove it from the sitemap

I have missed it, sorry. Thanks Michael, i appreciate your help. So this what was wrong?

It should be. Follow the steps, adjust the settings, remove the sitemap from Google, re-submit it, and you should be good to go!

Also, you have seen the image i got using Firefox? Does it look ok?

Michael, also i dont have /sitemap/ directory i have vbseo_sitemap is it the same?

I am still getting the same error even after removing site map. Not sure why.