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which sitemap url to submit to google?

This is a discussion on which sitemap url to submit to google? within the Troubleshooting forums, part of the vBSEO Google/Yahoo Sitemap category; well i only have one url for my sitemap, which is.. www.test.com/forums/sitemap.xml.gz is this the url i should submit to ...

  1. 09-23-2007 06:10 PM #1
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    which sitemap url to submit to google?

    well i only have one url for my sitemap, which is..

    www.test.com/forums/sitemap.xml.gz

    is this the url i should submit to google? .gz? its compressed, isnt it?
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  2. 09-23-2007 06:39 PM #2
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    If you're using vBSEO Sitemap, the URL would be:

    http://www.test.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz
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  3. 09-23-2007 06:46 PM #3
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    thanks. but it has an error.

    Sitemap errors for http://www.test.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

    This Sitemap has the following errors.
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    Unsupported file format
    Your Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. Please ensure it meets our Sitemap guidelines and resubmit.
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  4. 09-23-2007 06:54 PM #4
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    Go to the URL in your browser and you will see the error. It looks like you don't have the proper permissions set on your vbseo_sitemap/data directory.
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  5. 09-23-2007 06:57 PM #5
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    so what's the permission settings? 777?
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  6. 09-23-2007 07:00 PM #6
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    ow the directory is already set to 777..
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    Make sure the directory, all files, and all sub-directories and files are also set to 777.

    Then, delete any sitemap_* files from the data directory and re-generate your sitemaps using the option on the vBSEO Sitemap menu (don't run the task from the Task Scheduler)
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  8. 09-23-2007 08:39 PM #8
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    so thats all the files udner /data/ eh? what about the log files?

    thanks!
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  9. 09-23-2007 08:39 PM #9
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    Also, make sure that downloads.dat file inside data/ folder has 0666 permissions.
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    should the xml.gz files be set to 777?

    I deleeted the old ones then generated the new one.. the new one has 666 permission on.

    Quote Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk View Post
    Also, make sure that downloads.dat file inside data/ folder has 0666 permissions.
    This file is set to 644, it cannot be changed to 666.
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  11. 09-23-2007 10:09 PM #11
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    This file is set to 644, it cannot be changed to 666.
    Try to remove/rename it then.
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    Oleg, i dont udnerstand. I can delete the 13kb downloads.dat file?
    How will it be regenerated?
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    That file contains the log of sitemap download requests, it will be started from the scratch if deleted.
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    cheers for clarifying.
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    I followed this instructions and deleted the xml files, when they where re-generated they came back with permissions 666 do I need to change that to 777?
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