sitemap errors

Hi,

with the sitemap plugin 1.2 and vbseo 2.2.1 I'm creating the google sitemaps.
I splitted them to 20.000 url packages and received this way 26 sitemap-files + index file. I submitted all manually to google and google accessed them now. So far, so good

However, google announced problems with several sitemap files. These are:

http://www.kampfkunst-board.info/forum/sitemap_4.xml.gz

...13, 14, 15, 16, 2, 23, 6, 8, 9.

The problems are either "invalid date" or "incorrect assembly"

I had a look on file 4, which was a "incorrect assembly" problem and went to the line, google showed me (18632)

There, the following tag is written:

<url> <loc>http://www.kampfkunst-board.info/forum/f12/neuer-verband-fuer-asiatische-kampfk�20832/</loc>
<priority>0.57</priority>
<lastmod>2005-11-15T02:34:51+00:00</lastmod>
<changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
</url>

I don't know if this posting now can display the error, but within the <loc> tag an unallowed character is displayed at the end.
Any idea to solv this problem?

And I had a look on file 2, which had a "invalid date" problem. In line 7966 it says:

url>
<loc>http://www.kampfkunst-board.info/forum/195736-post3.html</loc>
<priority>0.3</priority>
<lastmod>2005-11-15T02:34:51+00:00</lastmod>
<changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
</url>
<url>
<loc>http://www.kampfkunst-board.info/forum/f63/hallo-kampfk�14097/</loc>
<priority>0.57</priority>
<lastmod>2005-11-15T02:34:51+00:00</lastmod>
<changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
</url>

In the mentioned line, I cannot see an error, but a few lines under it, the same unallowed characted appeared.



Any ideas?

I believe, you have an acronym expantion setting in your vbseocp like:
KK => kampfk&#252;nste

And it is expanded within URL including "&#252;" character, which is not allowed. You should change this option to:
KK => kampfkunste

to get it working correctly.

Please let me know if my guessing is incorrect

Hey Oleg,

you guessed right

It was: 'kks' => 'Kampfk&#252;nste'

Now its: 'kks' => 'Kampfkuenste'

I'll rebuild the sitemap.

Regards,

Sebastian

I also added the sitemap files manually and got errors in all of them except the sitemap index file, I just deleted my submissions, but will look into it someday.

MMAFan, great

Nicke, if you will get a parse error at google account page, please report details on it so we can investigate it further.