19,997 URLS, indexed 1

I have lost about 230,000 urls I use vb 4.0.1 and sitemap 2.6 I think after to have installed the blog feature and i have done this changes reported in the post #9 VB4 suite is in root, I want www.domain.com to be CMS, /forums/ to be forums

Filename :sitemap_index.xml.gz
Status Format :OK
Downloaded :Sitemap Index Feb 4, 2010
URLs submitted : 76,569
Indexed URLs:1

Any help?

Hello Alex,

It looks like you are using RC1 which is very buggy. I would suggest upgrading to RC2 and the latest sitemap 2.6 build from the downloads area.
Also, see this post for complete directions on setting up in root to ensure you've set up correctly:
vBSEO 3.5 Release Candidate 1 is here!

Thanks Brian I'm going to update everything, the latest sitemap is this: vbseo_sitemap_generator_2.6-beta1 right?


So what I've do to have the main url http://domain.com instead to have http://domain.com/forum.php is wrong?

Originally Posted by Cor van Noorloos

AFAIK you can rename your index.php (containing "If you want to move this file to the root of your website...") to index_old.php

Then rename your forum.php to index.php

Then change "Script Name for Forum Home Page" in your admincp to "index"

Originally Posted by Cor van Noorloos

You can change your vbseocp > SEO Functions > Homepage Settings to 'Yes' and

Code:

index.php
index.php?

Originally Posted by Mert Gökçeimam

This is exactly what you need to do. As i said default index.php file is just a redirect file and allows you to choose which script you want to use as your opening page. If you don't plan to use CMS there is no need to keep index.php in place and you can safely delete it.

Thanks

There were several sitemap 2.6 beta releases. The one in the download area is the latest most stable build.


If your conversion is working, that's fine. The directions i have linked in that post is for CMS in root/default load page.

I don't use CMS, i use just blog i have just edited the index file as suggested by Mert and Cor van Noorloos
just to have the url without the /forum final extension.

Hi Alex,

Looking at the sitemaps, all links appear to be correct. All that can be done now is to wait for Google to index them.

(Please bear in mind, this is still Beta software, so the support we can provide is limited compared to the non-Beta products.)

I think the problem is not the sitemap but the changes that i have done as reported in some posts above: VB4 suite is in root, I want www.domain.com to be CMS, /forums/ to be forums

Originally Posted by meonet

I think the problem is not the sitemap but the changes that i have done as reported in some posts above: VB4 suite is in root, I want www.domain.com to be CMS, /forums/ to be forums

Hmm. I'm having trouble understanding the issue in that case.

I thought it was to do with your indexed URLs in Google Webmaster Tools showing as 1, when there's lots more that could be indexed.

If you made changes, do the changed URLs show up as incorrect in the sitemap? ie: Are all URLs in the sitemap the actual URL that it ends up going to? I checked a few and they were correct.

My setup is - CMS in root, forum.pho in .. /root/forum.php, but appears to be in /forum/ due to vBSEO3.5's settings.

Looking at that thread you linked, I'm not sure if it would make any difference, but why people are suggesting to mess with the existing index.php and forum.php is beyond my comprehension. Just leave it as is and have vBSEO do the work, and my indexed URLs are back up to around 700.

because after to have installed the blog feature mine url changed from http://mydomain.com to http://mydomain.com/forum so i have asked a solution to remove the final /forum extension and they suggest me this method.

I don't use CMS and my forum is in the root.

Originally Posted by Ace Shattock

I'm up to about 145 in mine.

As an update - 4,571 of 6,242 are now indexed. ~73%.