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    Sitemap warning

    Can someone give me an idea what this means?

    From Google webmaster tools:

    URLs not followed
    When we tested a sample of the URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs were not accessible to Googlebot because they contained too many redirects. Please change the URLs in your Sitemap that redirect and replace them with the destination URL (the redirect target). All valid URLs will still be submitted. Help


    HTTP Error:
    URL: http://www.lampstandstudy.com/forum/20998-post125.html
    URL: http://www.lampstandstudy.com/forum/22122-post3.html
    Problem detected on:301 (Moved permanently) Help



    Aug 21, 2008
    Also, my url's indexed in Google has been going down quite a bit lately.

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    Please try this: Warnings
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    Ok, I did that. Google shows that my sitemap is "pending". We will see what happens.

    Will this help with the issue of my number of indexed pages dropping?

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    Still getting warnings and only a little over half of my url's are indexed now. Any other ideas?

    I got this:

    URLs not followed
    When we tested a sample of the URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs were not accessible to Googlebot because they contained too many redirects. Please change the URLs in your Sitemap that redirect and replace them with the destination URL (the redirect target). All valid URLs will still be submitted. Help

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    What is an example URL reported?
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    I've just submitted your sitemap and got no errors reported:
    Format Sitemap Index
    Submitted 8 minutes ago
    Last downloaded by Google 7 minutes ago
    Status OK

    Sitemap errors and warnings
    No errors or warnings found.
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    Well how about that then... I guess I no longer have a problem. It's like when you take your car to the mechanic and it quites exhibiting the problem.

    Thanks for your help.

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    You are welcome
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