Verifying your vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap Generator is Installed Correctly

hi

please help to fix this warning in sitemap this warning

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3028 Invalid tag value 
This XML tag has an invalid value. Please fix it and resubmit. Help    [IMG]https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/js/2757448062-question_mark.gif[/IMG] 


my site map address :

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http://forum.patoghu.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz 


an in setting sitemap only enable

Include Forum Display Pages
Include Show Thread Pages

yestarday resubmit my sitemap in google but dont fix this

Hello,

please check this: Google webmaster tools tells me these warnings

HI

I manually re-generate your sitemap from within your control panel /vbseo_sitemap/

and

sure that you don't have empty "Priority" settings in vBSEO Sitemap Generator configuration

and

vbseo_sitemap_functions.php file:
FIND:
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if(!$vboptions['vbseo_sm_priority_smart']) 


REPLACE WITH:
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if(!$pmax || !$vboptions['vbseo_sm_priority_smart']) 


and regenerate/resubmit sitemap.

but dont fix this error en google

What is your setting for "Priority Range - Forum Display" ?

hi

this is 0.1

Please set it to range rather than single value, for instance:

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0.2-0.6

Hey,

Reading from google webmaster tools:

Sitemap_1.xml.gz to _3 have WARNINGS.

Also the total URLS in sitemaps is alot greater than indexed URLS. Is that ok?

URLs not followed
When we tested a sample of URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs redirect to other locations. We recommend that your Sitemap contain URLs that point to the final destination (the redirect target) instead of redirecting to another URL
Not sure how can I correct this.

LATER EDIT: I read here and I disabled show post.

Still:
PS: How can I receive email when is generated? It worked a while but it stopped.

I am having trouble accessing my sitemap...

I currently get a 403 Forbidden error when typing in the URL.

Here are what my htaccess files look like:

There is one in vbseo_sitemap/data that says

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deny from all

And the other one in my forums folder says

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# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
#RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

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

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

Any idea what I can do to fix this?

What is your forum URL?

Originally Posted by Michael Biddle

What is your forum URL?

Swordhaven.net - Adventure Quest Worlds Forum - Powered by vBulletin

I am not seeing your board rewriting the URLs for vBSEO either. Does your host support the use of a .htaccess file and mod_rewrite?

Please test here: [How to] Check if mod_rewrite is working for my site

Originally Posted by Michael Biddle

I am not seeing your board rewriting the URLs for vBSEO either. Does your host support the use of a .htaccess file and mod_rewrite?

Please test here: [How to] Check if mod_rewrite is working for my site

My host is Network Solutions and it says that they support it but I was never able to figure it out and my forums had been down for days so I disabled it.


Do I really have to have it enabled to just create a sitemap?

Without having the mod rewrite, your sitemap generator will not work. Also, your board still does not have the SEOd URLs. I would open a ticket with FTP and admincp access to troubleshoot your issue.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Please set it to range rather than single value, for instance:

Code:

0.2-0.6

hi

the old warning fix but now this warning

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Some URLs in the Sitemap have a high response time. 
Some URLs listed in this Sitemap have a high response time. This may indicate a problem with your server or with the content of the page. 

URL:
    Problem detected on:   http://forum.patoghu.com/thread1131-53.html
    Apr 19, 2009 


Hello,

That message means that it took longer than expected for GoogleBot to load your page. You should check your average server load to make sure that pages are loading faster.