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404's and robots.txt

This is a discussion on 404's and robots.txt within the Troubleshooting forums, part of the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap category; Seems vbseo is working correctly but I am getting some conflicting messages. In googles webmaster tools I am getting these: ...

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    404's and robots.txt

    Seems vbseo is working correctly but I am getting some conflicting messages.

    In googles webmaster tools I am getting these:

    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.

    This is while veiwing: http://www.mywebsite.com/forum/sitemap_title.xml.gz

    Another possible issue is in my who's online: Unknown Location robots.txt

    My vBSEO logs are showing:

    total5745111external.php28226-showthread.php1010--home76-1index.php321-forumdisplay.php312-inlinemod.php2-2-tags.php11--faq.php11--calendar.php11--php11--

    and:

    Generated Sitemap DetailsDate2009-03-06 09:12Processing time 3.44 sTotal URLs804 (+44)Forumdisplay URLs44 (+1)Showthread URLs138 (+21)ShowPost URLs163 (+22)Archive URLs43 (-)Member Profile URLs17 (-)Poll Results URLs4 (-)Blog Entries URLs0 (-)Blog Tag URLs0 (-)Album URLs0 (-)Social Group URLs1 (-)Tag URLs394 (-)Sitemap FilesIndex Filesitemap_index.xml.gzSitemap File #1sitemap_1.xml.gz (804 URLs, 154.43Kb) 154.11Kb uncompressedText Format Fileurllist.txt.gz (47.22Kb)Search Engines PingsGoogleSuccessfulYahooSuccessfulAskSuccessfulMoreoverSuccessfulLiveSuccessful

    Any Ideas?

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    This as well from google:

    forum/sitemap_title.xml.gz
    --19 hours agoErrors--

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    Now i'm getting this:

    Google Spider Unknown Location
    /forum/sitemap_title.xml.gz

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    sitemap_title doesn't exist.
    you have sitemap_index and sitemap_X where x is an integer.

    did you submit the wrong thing?

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    Hello John ,

    Both of your sitemap files are loading correct for me.
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    additionally, your forum is in forums, not forum

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    I never submitted /forum, I don't understand how google came up with that.

    I have only 1 submission to google and that is under /forums

    Thanks for the replies. I will edumacate myself some more on this topic.

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