vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap

[Chuta]

Is this really worth installing?

Hello,

This is a tool that I recommend to everyone running vBulletin to get better ranks in Google and other SE's indexes.

[Chuta]

Works in VB4.1.8?

Thanks

Hello,

Yes it does.

[Chuta]

using in vb 4.1.8

but i dont think it works right!

about a week ago when i installed it ,i had this:


>>>>>>
Summary:
============================
Forum Display: 80
Show Thread: 2
Show Post:
Member Profiles: 10
Poll Results: 0
Blog Entries: 0
Blog Tags: 0
Album URLs: 0
Social Groups URLs: 3
Tag URLs: 1
Archive: 83

Total Indexed URLs: 101
Total Processing Time: 7.05 seconds

Google ping: Successful.
Bing ping: Successful.
Yahoo ping: FAILED.
Ask ping: Successful.
>>>>>>

and today and other few days ago i get this:

>>>>>>>

Summary:
============================
Forum Display: 0
Show Thread:
Show Post:
Member Profiles: 17
Poll Results: 0
Blog Entries: 0
Blog Tags: 0
Album URLs: 0
Social Groups URLs: 3
Tag URLs: 1
Archive: 1

Total Indexed URLs: 23
Total Processing Time: 7.37 seconds

Google ping: Successful.
Bing ping: Successful.
Yahoo ping: FAILED.
Ask ping: Successful.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

something is wrong with this,i get

>>Forum Display: 0
Show Thread:
Show Post:
zero!

any idea why i get that? i did not change anything!

thanks for any help!

Hello,

Your forums need to be open for public in order for the sitemap tool to work properly.

[Chuta]

do i need to turn on the default vbulletin xmp sitemap function with this activated?

Hello,

No you don't. Having two sitemap tools serving the same content is not such a good idea. Besides, if you are running vBSEO on your site, the built in vB sitemap tool is not compatible with vBSEO'ed instances.

[Chuta]

Uninstalled, getting errors in 4.1.8 and 4.1.9

Hello,

Could you please supply more details of the issues you're experiencing with it?.

[datoneer]

Something i'm not getting here. When i type password under vBSEO Sitemap Interface Access Password. After that i try to open vbseo_sitemap/index.php, enter password, and get error message login failed. How's that??

[ForceHSS]

try putting a 8 letter or number password something easy to test

[TombstoneWarrior]

how do i change my password for this program that i have installed???

[Popa Andrei]

from the cfg file

[cdnbacon]

Can anyone confirm this working with 4.1.10?

[viper357]

Hi all

Can someone tell me why, when I run the Report Generator manually it works fine, but if I leave it to run via the Scheduled Task then it takes 2 days to complete? See the time difference here...

The short time periods are when I ran it manually and the latest one was run by the cron, you can see it took over 48 hours to complete.

Thanks.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2012/02/5.jpg

[webphangan]

another mods is vernice

[boazor]

Hello,
I install the vBSEO just as it say in installation instructions
and the plugin working and i can access it with no problem.

But when i try to use http://www.orbks.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz
I get back to my site home page .
the reason , i use this ErrorDocument 404 /forums/index.php on the htaccess .

This problem should not happen. It happens if a page does not exist.
I know that the page exists, I see it in files.
What could be the problem?

I can send you the htaccess might be something there
Can help.

By the way I'm not at the root of the host VB installed under forums

[Ramsesx]

Hi, just found out in my cms sitemap the links are all going to
http://www.mysite.de/224-My-Content
instead
http://www.mysite.de/content.php/224-My-Content
Any hint how to fix this? Thanks.
This question in the vbseo support forum seems to be worth a ban:
You have been banned for the following reason:
Spamming vBulletin SEO Forums

Date the ban will be lifted: Never
Well, uninstalled and never ever use any of your products, thanks for support.

[ForceHSS]

This question in the vbseo support forum seems to be worth a ban:
You have been banned for the following reason:
Spamming vBulletin SEO Forums

Date the ban will be lifted: Never
Well, uninstalled and never ever use any of your products, thanks for support.

I agree you should not of got a ban for that

[p@ndu]

Getting this error while clicking on vBSEO Sitemap Reports can some one help me and couldnt genrate even from scheluder

Warning: Unknown: failed to open stream: Permission denied in Unknown on line 0

Fatal error: Unknown: Failed opening required '/home/******/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/index.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in Unknown on line 0

EDIT: New Errors after restarting server

Warning: require(/home/****/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_config.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/*****/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/index.php on line 29

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/*****/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_config.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/*****/public_html/vbseo_sitemap/index.php on line 29

EDIT: After a fresh install working fine

[hirenshinde]

Threads and Posts are not getting included in sitemap. Please help. Screenshot attached for reference.

[kamran_dotnet]

anyone test "vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap" on 4.2 ?

[sadiq6210]

After installed when I click on (vBSEO Sitemap Reports) in admincp I got this error !

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting ')' in /home/user/public_html/forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1855

[rrewerts]

anyone test "vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap" on 4.2 ?

It did not work for me. Everything ran, but the sitemap files were not installed. :(

[whitedd]

anyone test "vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap" on 4.2 ?

work perfect... ;)

[rrewerts]

The data writes to the vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder.

The htaccess file directs the link to load that location.

calling sitemap_index.xml.gz actually calls vbseo_sitemap/data/getsitemap.php?sitemap=index.xml.gz by way of the htaccess file.


Google wants your urls to reflect the folder it is in. So, unless you want to make your whole public html area writable (a stupid and horrible idea), using mod_rewrite is the way to do it.

This is the answer that I have been searching for...
Thank You!

[Alibass]

I'm running 4.2.0 PL1 and lately Ask Ping has been failing on sitemap update. Is anyone else having this problem?

[wat3v3r]

I'm running 4.2.0 PL1 and lately Ask Ping has been failing on sitemap update. Is anyone else having this problem?

Ask and Yahoo both fail for me... but ain't so concerned as long as google does not fail :)

[Aeropars]

Hello,
I've upgraded my forum to version4 as well as upgraded to this version of sitemaps.

I submitted the new sitemap to google but it says I have 17 errors on the vbulletin_sitemap_forum_0_32.xml.gz section showing within google webmaster tools. The error is as follows:

"An invalid date was found. Please fix the date or formatting before resubmitting."

Can anyone help me with what I need to do to fix the error?

[illkeyone]

Do I need to do anything for it to work with 4.2.0 PL2 (the latest version).
Please - if possible - add into the chief post about this info =) Thanks & kind regards.

[kall]

Do I need to do anything for it to work with 4.2.0 PL2 (the latest version).
Please - if possible - add into the chief post about this info =) Thanks & kind regards.
No, there should be no changes required.

[Aeropars]

Hello,
I've upgraded my forum to version4 as well as upgraded to this version of sitemaps.

I submitted the new sitemap to google but it says I have 17 errors on the vbulletin_sitemap_forum_0_32.xml.gz section showing within google webmaster tools. The error is as follows:

"An invalid date was found. Please fix the date or formatting before resubmitting."

Can anyone help me with what I need to do to fix the error?

Anyone?!

[cuco88]

What is the difference to the built in sitemap generator of vB 4.2?

[datoneer]

On my google webmaster tools account when i click submit sitemap

I've add vbseo_sitemap after forum root url

After submit i see this error:

Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a supported sitemap format instead.

[cloferba]

There is a strange issue...

I have chmod 777 all the required folders, re uploaded all files, reinstalled the xml and sometimes when I try to access to the vBSEO Sitemap Reports tab, the mod ask me for a password,

after click 4..5...or 6 times, the tab doesn´t ask me for it....and I haven´t defined any password!

[kall]

Hello,
I've upgraded my forum to version4 as well as upgraded to this version of sitemaps.

I submitted the new sitemap to google but it says I have 17 errors on the vbulletin_sitemap_forum_0_32.xml.gz section showing within google webmaster tools. The error is as follows:

"An invalid date was found. Please fix the date or formatting before resubmitting."

Can anyone help me with what I need to do to fix the error?
That's a standard vBulletin sitemap, it has nothing to do with this modification.

[kall]

On my google webmaster tools account when i click submit sitemap

I've add vbseo_sitemap after forum root url

After submit i see this error:

Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a supported sitemap format instead.
You do need to add the entire path to your sitemap, not just the folder.

eg: http://example.com/vbseo_sitemap/sitemap_index.xml

[cloferba]

There is a strange issue...

I have chmod 777 all the required folders, re uploaded all files, reinstalled the xml and sometimes when I try to access to the vBSEO Sitemap Reports tab, the mod ask me for a password,

after click 4..5...or 6 times, the tab doesn?t ask me for it....and I haven?t defined any password!

nobody replies?

[ForceHSS]

nobody replies?

It always asks me for the password

[cloferba]

It always asks me for the password

The problem is that....I haven?t defined any password!

[Chuta]

Hello cloferba,

Apologies for not getting back to you before.

You need to define your new password in the 'vBulletin Admin Control Panel -> vBSEO -> vBSEO Sitemap Settings' area. Once you are done, please make sure that the "vbseo_sitemap/" folder has permissions set to 755, *not* 777. The only directory that should be chmod'ed 777 is the "data/" folder.

In the same way, all of the files contained within the "vbseo_sitemap/" folder should be chmod'ed 644 in order to make them non-writable.

[ForceHSS]

The problem is that....I haven?t defined any password!

Then add one in the options

[dany_danay]

What is the difference to the built in sitemap generator of vB 4.2?

Same question here

[acast]

Hi friends, i have a big problem with characters. I look in the thread and i didn't find a solution that works for me, cause my forum is spanish, so i cant remove all the characters in titles because in spanish are very common. What can i do?

[acast]

Hi friends, i have a big problem with characters. I look in the thread and i didn't find a solution that works for me, cause my forum is spanish, so i cant remove all the characters in titles because in spanish are very common. What can i do?I see in google that you have to put these: It is also advised to replace non-english characters in URLs. You can do so in your vBSEO CP -> General Settings -> Character Replacement -> Replace Non-English Characters in URLs?


But i dont have in the vbseo settings any option like that, i dont have character replacement. :(

SOLVE THANKS ;)

[acast]

I have a new problem with this version of vbseo. The CPU increases a lot. I think i will have to uninstall. :(

[p@ndu]

Hi

can we set it Scheduled for every hour , if so with what settings can we

Thank you

[optimus.prime]

Does it work with 4.2.x?

[Alibass]

Does it work with 4.2.x?
Yes...

[sweetpotato]

It make my site run very slowly. I have to uninstall. Sorry.

[Ghostt]

I am still getting the error message since a year nothing helped!
ive allready checked htaccess and the field with path is empty in settings.
Also the vbseo folder is chmod 777.

url: "http://example.com/sitemap_index.xml"
error: "Sitemap file not found"

realy need help!

[bzcomputers]

I am still getting the error message since a year nothing helped!
ive allready checked htaccess and the field with path is empty in settings.
Also the vbseo folder is chmod 777.

url: "http://example.com/sitemap_index.xml"
error: "Sitemap file not found"

realy need help!

The error is probably going to be with your .htaccess files. Give this a shot.

Your /forum directory .htaccess should contain:
(change RED text to match your site name)

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mysite\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.mysite.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap|api\.php)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]


Then also add this to your root .htaccess (if your forum is not installed in the root):
(change RED text to match your site name)

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /forum

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mysite\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.mysite.com/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^forum/((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap|api\.php)
RewriteRule ^forum/((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ forum/vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ forum/vbseo.php [L,QSA]


Also check and make sure your sitemap files are getting created. You should see them in your forum directory along with your vbseo sitemap logs.

Check here:
forum/vbseo_sitemap/data/

[nocive]

Thanks :)

[Ghostt]

thanks very much for help bzcomputers ive tested this rewrite rules on a blank .htaccess but im getting still the same 404 Not Found error.
my forum is in the root directory.
ive also tried without the character # before the rewrite codes.
and yes the sitemaps are genereted.
clicking on this links gives also the not found error:
.../sitemap_forum_1.xml.gz

but clicking on
...vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=sitemap_forum_1.xml.g z

works.
seems to be a strange rewrite error?

any idea?

[bzcomputers]

any idea?

What are your settings in: Options - Site Name / URL / Contact Details?

Your Forum Component URL, CMS Component URL and Blog Compnent URL should all be blank in running vBSEO.

[Ghostt]

sorry cant find this options. i think this are vbseo options? im not using vbseo
because of high load.

[Ghostt]

no ideas?

[bzcomputers]

no ideas?

Assuming www.yoursite.com takes you directly to your forum (i.e. your forum is placed directly in your root).

Try this:


RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap|api\.php)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

[ForceHSS]

Try this just change the url settings to match your site
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost.php?p=2366194&postcount=6

[Jerit2012]

I have uninstalled VBSEO now

But i have a problem that I cant access the forum, if I try below link:

www.mysite.com/forum

Also i am getting following error in google if i connect the below link from google:

www.mysite.com/google-talk-71

Not Found
The requested URL /google-talk-71/ was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.


It is an issue in .htaccess file.

Kindly help

[ForceHSS]

edit your htaccess file and remove anything do to with vbseo. Make sure you have also removed all the files from the db after you uninstalled the xml first

[gsmlover4u]

hi to all i am facing sitemap genrat error when i run ste map genrator error i am facing this error and database error
any one tell me where is problem

[SECTION START] groups [17,404.7Kb mem used] [1,348,813,959s (+1,348,813,959s)]

[Ghostt]

thanks very much for help bzcomputers ive tested this rewrite rules on a blank .htaccess but im getting still the same 404 Not Found error.
my forum is in the root directory.
ive also tried without the character # before the rewrite codes.
and yes the sitemaps are genereted.
clicking on this links gives also the not found error:
.../sitemap_forum_1.xml.gz

but clicking on
...vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=sitemap_forum_1.xml.g z

works.
seems to be a strange rewrite error?

any idea?
ive tested yout last httacess codes. but they also didnt work.
i still need help to getting it work to display please.

[KaitenV]

I keep getting "Internal Server Error" and I don't know why.

http://otakuhelpers.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=sitemap_forum_1.xml.g z

[TheSupportForum]

I keep getting "Internal Server Error" and I don't know why.

http://otakuhelpers.com/forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=sitemap_forum_1.xml.g z

if you have a .htaccess file located in vbseo_sitemap

i suggest you remove it and try browsing that url again

[KaitenV]

I tried that, but still no luck.

[paolpepas]

in recent months when I click on run generator, I have a problem with the database. How can I fix? thanks

I haven't .htaccess file located in vbseo_sitemap

[Paolitus]

Hi, on my sitemap:

Google ping: succesful
but,

Bing, yahoo, Ask, not ping

because..??
142505

[moustafa]

same situation like you Paolitus here.

Yahoo & Ask never successful, any reasons?

[Rideharder]

same situation like you Paolitus here.

Yahoo & Ask never successful, any reasons?


same situation

[kartheekb]

can any one plz send vbseo sitemap generator for 4.2 ...

[yesfans]

I am getting these errors sent to me from my site......

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.11:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT p.dateline,p.postid,p.threadid
FROM post AS p
WHERE p.threadid = 46861
AND visible = 1
ORDER BY p.dateline;

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Saturday, December 22nd 2012 @ 02:28:40 PM
Error Date : Saturday, December 22nd 2012 @ 02:45:33 PM
Script : http://www.yesfans.com/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap.php
Referrer : http://www.yesfans.com/vbseo_sitemap/index.php?rlist=true
IP Address : 66.42.223.147
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

[yesfans]

I run the generator for reports but never see any report, just these errors from my database.

[yesfans]

I get this and it has been stick at that last entry for sometime...

[SECTION START] showthread [17,239.5Kb mem used] [9,639s (+520s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_31.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,555.5Kb mem used] [9,652s (+13s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_32.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,523.9Kb mem used] [9,668s (+16s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_33.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,544.1Kb mem used] [9,682s (+14s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_34.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,506.3Kb mem used] [9,698s (+16s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_35.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,543.3Kb mem used] [9,713s (+15s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_36.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,499.8Kb mem used] [9,726s (+13s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_37.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,514.0Kb mem used] [9,740s (+15s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_38.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,509.2Kb mem used] [9,753s (+13s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_39.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,480.2Kb mem used] [9,766s (+13s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_40.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,477.8Kb mem used] [9,779s (+12s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_41.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,466.6Kb mem used] [9,793s (+14s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_42.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,481.6Kb mem used] [9,806s (+13s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_43.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,486.6Kb mem used] [9,821s (+15s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_44.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,501.6Kb mem used] [9,834s (+13s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_45.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,520.6Kb mem used] [9,849s (+14s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_46.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,487.6Kb mem used] [9,861s (+13s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_47.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,502.2Kb mem used] [9,876s (+14s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_48.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,495.2Kb mem used] [9,890s (+15s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_49.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,484.0Kb mem used] [9,903s (+13s)]
[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_forum_50.xml.gz, number of urls: 35000 [24,478.0Kb mem used] [9,916s (+13s)]

[Alibass]

I am getting these errors sent to me from my site......

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.11:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT p.dateline,p.postid,p.threadid
FROM post AS p
WHERE p.threadid = 46861
AND visible = 1
ORDER BY p.dateline;

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Saturday, December 22nd 2012 @ 02:28:40 PM
Error Date : Saturday, December 22nd 2012 @ 02:45:33 PM
Script : http://www.yesfans.com/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap.php
Referrer : http://www.yesfans.com/vbseo_sitemap/index.php?rlist=true
IP Address : 66.42.223.147
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :
This is normal, server timed out.

[ForceHSS]

I am getting these errors sent to me from my site......

Database error in vBulletin 4.1.11:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT p.dateline,p.postid,p.threadid
FROM post AS p
WHERE p.threadid = 46861
AND visible = 1
ORDER BY p.dateline;

MySQL Error : MySQL server has gone away
Error Number : 2006
Request Date : Saturday, December 22nd 2012 @ 02:28:40 PM
Error Date : Saturday, December 22nd 2012 @ 02:45:33 PM
Script : http://www.yesfans.com/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap.php
Referrer : http://www.yesfans.com/vbseo_sitemap/index.php?rlist=true
IP Address : 66.42.223.147
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database
MySQL Version :

MySQL server has gone away
this is something you need to talk to your host about as only they can fix it

[yesfans]

Why is it timing out? How do I explain to my server folks what I am doing and how to stop it from timing out.
What is the info from my admin panel of my site? Why does it stop after looking at only a little amount of my site?

[Nirjonadda]

Search Engines Pings:
Google : Successful
Bing : Successful
Yahoo : FAILED
Ask : FAILED

How to fix FAILED issue? Have any update about on this ?

[Alan_SP]

Why is it timing out? How do I explain to my server folks what I am doing and how to stop it from timing out.
What is the info from my admin panel of my site? Why does it stop after looking at only a little amount of my site?

You (or them) just need to set server time out. It's a setting in my.cnf, they would know. Tell them what you told here. It could need few adjustments, or you could start with longer time right away.

[Alibass]

Why is it timing out? How do I explain to my server folks what I am doing and how to stop it from timing out.
What is the info from my admin panel of my site? Why does it stop after looking at only a little amount of my site?
Go to admincp/Maintenance/View PHP Info/ scroll down to mysql and look for mysql.connect_timeout. What is your local and master directive set at?

[TheInsaneManiac]

Default showpost is disabled for sitemap. Should I leave it this way, or would it give me better seo if I turned it on, just it would take more server juice?

[rwoscott]

Search Engines Pings:
Google : Successful
Bing : Successful
Yahoo : FAILED
Ask : FAILED

How to fix FAILED issue? Have any update about on this ?

I'm guessing the answer is in this page.
With the completion of algorithmic transition to Bing, Yahoo! Search has merged Site Explorer into Bing Webmaster Tools. Webmasters should now be using the Bing Webmaster Tools to ensure that their websites continue to get high quality organic search traffic from Bing and Yahoo!.

http://l.yimg.com/pv/static/misc/index.html

[dizzynation]

vbSEO

What are the re-write rules for 4.2???

URGENT ticket submitted!

Lots of money spend on getting results in google, this is important!

[Sherrie]

I have recently upgraded my 3.8 to 4.2 suite. I had the old vbseo sitemaps 2.5 installed which I disabled before the upgrade. Can I just install this one over the top? is there any issues with 4.2?

[fai99al99]

if i want to run sitemap via cpanel Cron Jobs

what is the command !?

[RoC wonko]

I have installed and am able to generate a site map but when i look at the reports I get this error message
[an error occurred while processing this directive]
what have I done wrong??

[Milobil]

Thank you :)

[RoC wonko]

not very impressed with the support so far it nonexistent :down::down:

[bzcomputers]

not very impressed with the support so far it nonexistent :down::down:

If you look at the top it shows this mod is "Not Supported". Eventually someone may come by that can help you, but it will not be the developer.

...and you are going to need to explain your problem a little better than

[an error occurred while processing this directive]

Where does this show? ...immediately after selecting View Sitemap Reports? ...after logining in?

Can you view any sitemap pages like Report List, Download Log, etc.?

[furnival]

Default showpost is disabled for sitemap. Should I leave it this way, or would it give me better seo if I turned it on, just it would take more server juice?

Leave it that way. Your posts will be indexe through the thread views anyway and turning it on would merely lead to duplicate listings, which will not do much to propel you up Google's rankings.

[RoC wonko]

"If you look at the top it shows this mod is "Not Supported". Eventually someone may come by that can help you, but it will not be the developer."
Do beg your pardon for not seeing that small notice at the top of the page :erm:

...and you are going to need to explain your problem a little better than

Originally Posted by RoC wonko View Post

[an error occurred while processing this directive]

well I thought that stating this would cover it "when i look at the reports I get this error message
[an error occurred while processing this directive] " but obviously I was wrong.

[avitor]

nice work bro.thanks a loot

[fxdigi-cash]

I'm wondering if anyone could get it to work on vb4.2 pl3 without any issues???

still having some weird redirects with it....

any comment is appreciated...

[ForceHSS]

works good with 4.2.0 PL3 did you add the line in your .htaccess file
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

[fxdigi-cash]

after installing this mod, my site traffic ranking started falling and caused me to loss a lot of traffic and visitors count ...

uninstalled...

Thanks

[dsantana]

Getting this message after I run the generator...
The webpage at http://www.SDvSSDV.com/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap.php might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
Error 103 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_ABORTED): Unknown error.

Also
Search Engines Pings
Google Successful
Bing Successful
Yahoo FAILED
Ask FAILED
What did I do wrong or fail to do?

[JustAskJulie]

I keep getting 404 when I try to access my Google Sitemap index. tried reloading everything and still having this issue.

[secondeye]

I keep getting 404 when I try to access my Google Sitemap index. tried reloading everything and still having this issue.

I am also getting the same error at:

http://www.mydomain.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/

It says:

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@mydomain.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache Server at www.mydomain.com Port 80

[secondeye]

I am also getting the same error at:

http://www.mydomain.com/forum/vbseo_sitemap/

It says:

Problem is now Solved.

I had remove both VBseo and XML sitemap and then re upload the files and reconfigured it.
It is now working... :D

[bzcomputers]

Hadn't had an issue with this mod for over a year, until about a week ago.

Sitemap generations started giving Internal Server Errors (500) when generating a new sitemap. After trying a ton of different things to try and resolve it, I was finally able to get a sitemap to build without error by turning off "Auto-Notify Search Engines" in the settings. The time for creation of the sitemap after doing this went from an average of taking about 12-14 seconds over the last year down to taking less than 1 second (still getting all the links) with the auto-notify off.

This got me to thinking that when contacting the search engines it is waiting for some sort of response. The "500 Internal Server Error" error I have been getting over the last week with auto-notify turned was erroring out at about 1 min and 14 secs after starting the sitemap generation, which is exactly 1 minute longer than the standard creation time I had been seeing, so I believe the server is just timing out waiting for a response that it use to be getting before the last week or so.

Can someone report if they are having similar issues.

------------
Edit: Seems to definitely be related to just that one "Auto-Notify Search Engines" setting: Setting ON - get error, Setting OFF - works fine

[bzcomputers]

I've noticed that if I run the Sitemap Generator manually from within vBSEO Sitemap Reports or it runs automatically from Scheduled Tasks - it does not pick up any forums without posts. But when running the cron job manually from Scheduled Tasks the empty forums will get picked up and added to the sitemap.

Anyone else experience/confirm this?

[joeychgo]

works good with 4.2.0 PL3 did you add the line in your .htaccess file
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]



When I do this - my forum becomes inaccessible.. ?

[RichieBoy67]

When I do this - my forum becomes inaccessible.. ?

Are you using mod rewrite in your forum?

[joeychgo]

Are you using mod rewrite in your forum?

Nope. No vBseo either

Although I moved the forum into a new directory when I upgraded it, and have 301 redirects in place for that.

[bzcomputers]

Nope. No vBseo either

Although I moved the forum into a new directory when I upgraded it, and have 301 redirects in place for that.

mod rewrite must be enabled if you ever want that .htaccess line to work

[joeychgo]

mod rewrite must be enabled if you ever want that .htaccess line to work

Ok, what do you mean by enabled? I thought you were asking if I had mod rewrite urls, which I do not.

[bzcomputers]

Ok, what do you mean by enabled? I thought you were asking if I had mod rewrite urls, which I do not.

mod_rewrite is an Apache module that must be enabled on your server in order to use rewrite rules like "ReWriteRule ...".


http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html

[joeychgo]

Yes, the apache module is enabled and active.

[bzcomputers]

Yes, the apache module is enabled and active.

Alright I'll need to know a couple things.


1) What is the structure of your website. Is your forum in the root or in a subdirectory like www.xxx.com/forums/?


2) Did an .htaccess file already exist or are you creating it new now?

[joeychgo]

<a href="http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/forum/forum.php" target="_blank">http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/forum/forum.php</a>

I have an htaccess in the domain root, but not the forum directory, so I would be creating one.

Its important to note again. The htaccess in the domain root has redirects in it. The site used to be in the domain root, now its in the /forum/ directory, and those redirects are 301s to bring things from the old structure to the new.

I suspect that's the problem.

[bzcomputers]

http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/forum/forum.php

I have an htaccess in the domain root, but not the forum directory, so I would be creating one.

Its important to note again. The htaccess in the domain root has redirects in it. The site used to be in the domain root, now its in the /forum/ directory, and those redirects are 301s to bring things from the old structure to the new.

I suspect that's the problem.

You are correct it is probably related to the root .htaccess redirects.

Try these two options (separately):

1) Try adding: "RewriteBase /forum" above the RewriteRule in your forum .htaccess

2. Try adding this above all your redirect rules in your website root: RewriteRule ^forum/((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

[joeychgo]

Looks like #2 worked -- thank you!

[bzcomputers]

Looks like #2 worked -- thank you!

Let me recommend one other thing. Renaming forum.php to index.php. Then change the setting in Forums Home: Options - Script Name for Forum Home Page to also reflect this change. This way you can just direct users to http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/forum/

[joeychgo]

Yeah, was thinking about that myself

[boffin_adi]

Hi Guys, I have a very strange problem going on with vbseo.
Every day vbseo submits my sitemap. Because the sitemap is huge for my board. The rankings of the major new threads drop everyday.

May be google indexes them again and till the indexing is going on the rank is drop by a huge number.

I cant figure out what to do.

Please help.

[final kaoss]

Unless you've made major changes to the url structure or have a low index rate than you don't need to worry about using this tool.

[TheInsaneManiac]

Is anyone else experiencing a Database error when running the generator manually? I've looks in the logs, looks like even though its scheduled it also has not had a generation successfully go through since March. I pressed ctrl U and it did not display an error in the source.

[ymcus]

i am using vbseo sitemap generator without using vbseo and it does not create sitemap properly it showing that it has created sitemap but the link shows 404 not found page

[humb]

Excellent mod, thanks

[TheInsaneManiac]

i am using vbseo sitemap generator without using vbseo and it does not create sitemap properly it showing that it has created sitemap but the link shows 404 not found page

I'm having the same issue and when running the gen manually it gives a DB error with no reason as to why.

[bosanci28]

does anyone knows where those generated sitemap file goes after manually are generated ?!

i dont see them anywhere...

thanks,

[bzcomputers]

does anyone knows where those generated sitemap file goes after manually are generated ?!

i dont see them anywhere...

thanks,
The same place it goes if done by cron job. By default to your forum root directory or it can be changed in the options.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/06/15.jpg

[bosanci28]

i check few times in root directory but there was nothing there,after about 3 times i have clicked to generate manually , i did not used any cron job.

and in that box i did put my forum link http://www.wsogroupbuy.com

now in root .htaccess i have this:


RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wsogroupbuy\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.wsogroupbuy\.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/wsogroupbuy\.com\/forum\.php" [R=301,L]


maybe i need to take this : /forum\ out from there?

all forum files are directly in root.

thank you,

[bzcomputers]

i check few times in root directory but there was nothing there,after about 3 times i have clicked to generate manually , i did not used any cron job.

and in that box i did put my forum link http://www.wsogroupbuy.com

now in root .htaccess i have this:


RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^wsogroupbuy\.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.wsogroupbuy\.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/wsogroupbuy\.com\/forum\.php" [R=301,L]


maybe i need to take this : /forum\ out from there?

all forum files are directly in root.

thank you,

I tried to test the sitemap on your site but it appears your site is not live currently.

The only line in your htaccess that has to do with the vBSEO Sitemap is this one:

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

and it appears correct.


Edit:

Your site has some major speed problems and I believe it may at least be partially related to this line in your .htaccess:

RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/wsogroupbuy\.com\/forum\.php" [R=301,L]

What are you actually trying to do? Route it so that anyone that goes to www.wsogroupbuy.com gets sent to www.wsogroupbuy.com/forum.php?

[bosanci28]

o yes, i forgot , i did add in host to redirect from http://www.wsogroupbuy.com to http://www.wsogroupbuy.com/forum.php is before it was going to the : http://wsogroupbuy.com/activity.php and i wanted to go directly to forum ,and not to activity .

so you think this line:


RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/wsogroupbuy\.com\/forum\.php" [R=301,L]

is not right ,do i need to change anything?

thank you,

[bzcomputers]

o yes, i forgot , i did add in host to redirect from http://www.wsogroupbuy.com to http://www.wsogroupbuy.com/forum.php is before it was going to the : http://wsogroupbuy.com/activity.php and i wanted to go directly to forum ,and not to activity .

so you think this line:


RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/wsogroupbuy\.com\/forum\.php" [R=301,L]

is not right ,do i need to change anything?

thank you,

Well, it is not wrong but you will be sharing SEO weight between wsogroupbuy.com and wsogroupbuy.com/forum.php.

I personally would do this:
1) Rename what is currently index.php in your root folder to index.php_old
2) Rename forum.php to index.php
3) Change the script name setting in vB options from "forum" to "index". (see image below)
4) Remove the last 3 lines from your .htaccess file (all that should remain after are the Rewrite engine on and the sitemap line).

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/06/16.jpg

[bosanci28]

hi, i have done exactly how you said ,all working now,

i found all generated files in : /wsogroupbuy.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/

now i have to add them in webmaster.google.com ,

one more question for you is it possible to generate the sitemaps directly to root?

thank you,

[bzcomputers]

hi, i have done exactly how you said ,all working now,

i found all generated files in : /wsogroupbuy.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/

now i have to add them in webmaster.google.com ,

one more question for you is it possible to generate the sitemaps directly to root?

thank you,

With these changes I'm not sure if you noticed but your site is now lightning fast compared to before!


As far as the sitemap goes the main file to access the sitemaps should be in the root (the actual data is located where you mentioned, but this is not where you should point google or bing etc.).


I would remove the web address you put into this:


https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/06/15.jpg


leave it blank and it should work correctly. Currently it is not.

[bosanci28]

yes,i have notice that is loading really fast now...

and that link was taking out from there.


now,i notice after renaming the forum to index ,when i go on main site to http://www.wsogroupbuy.com all is fine,but if i click tab "forum" is going to error page ,i think i need to rename from forum to index that tab ,somewhere in options i think,i have to find it.

http://wsogroupbuy.com/forum.php

thank you,

update, fixed it!

found it in options/navigation manager,then edit the forum tab:

from:


forum.php{session.sessionurl_q}

to

index.php{session.sessionurl_q}


and it works now,

thank you for all your help.

[bzcomputers]

yes,i have notice that is loading really fast now...

and that link was taking out from there.


now,i notice after renaming the forum to index ,when i go on main site to http://www.wsogroupbuy.com all is fine,but if i click tab "forum" is going to error page ,i think i need to rename from forum to index that tab ,somewhere in options i think,i have to find it.

http://wsogroupbuy.com/forum.php

thank you,

update, fixed it!

found it in options/navigation manager,then edit the forum tab:

from:


forum.php{session.sessionurl_q}

to

index.php{session.sessionurl_q}


and it works now,

thank you for all your help.

I still can't access your sitemap, did you put it in a different location than the default?

[bosanci28]

all the generated zips are here:


/wsogroupbuy.com/vbseo_sitemap/data/
also in the same folder i have a .htaccess:
deny from all


in .htaccess (root) i have only this:


RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ http://www.wsogroupbuy.com/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

[bzcomputers]

in .htaccess (root) i have only this:


RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ http://www.wsogroupbuy.com/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]


Change this to:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

[bosanci28]

ok,done.

[bzcomputers]

ok,done.

Something still isn't quite right. What are the names of the files being created in the vbseo_sitemap/data folder?

[bosanci28]

here is a screen:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2013/06/22.png

[furnival]

This mod urgently needs support for images! Images and videos, both hosted on a CDN and hosted on the same server -- come on VBSEO! Nayone know of any other sitempa plugins that can index my images?

[blackberry]

Do we need it for 4.2.1 as I can see the option by default?

[Kirk93]

Do we need it for 4.2.1 as I can see the option by default?

I was going to ask; how is this any different from the XML Sitemap function built in vB?

[bzcomputers]

I was going to ask; how is this any different from the XML Sitemap function built in vB?

They are similar but this mod offers quite a few more options ....

Reports ListThe 'Show Reports List' link will display a report of each time your vBSEO Sitemap generator executed, including the (1) date, (2) run time, (3) total URLs included, and (4) and change in # of URLs included from the last generation.
Each vBSEO Sitemap generation record will include a (1) "View details" and (2) "Remove record" link. The "View Details" link shows more detailed information about the sitemap generated. The "Remove record" will permanently delete the record from your reports.Downloads LogThe 'Show Sitemap Downloads Log' link will display a report of each time your vBSEO Sitemap was downloaded by either a search engine (Identified by the Bot's name) or by another user agent (i.e. Web browser, etc.).
The report includes the (1) date, (2) name of sitemap file downloaded, (3) Bot, (4) IP address of the downloader, and the (5) User-agent.
Each vBSEO Sitemap download record will include a "Remove record" link which will permanently delete the record from your reports.Search Engine Bots Activity LogUse it to track Search engine activity on your sitemaps. This area displays how often, and what volume of pages search engines visit your site on a daily basis.Custom Pages / Extra URLsThe ability to add additional urls to the sitemap that are not native to vBulletin. For example any custom pages you have created or custom mods you have added.Automatic Notification to Search EnginesAuto-notifies Search Engines when a new sitemap is generated (optional). Currently works for notifying both Google and Bing.


There are probably others points also but these 5 items stand out as either not offered at all with the built in vB xml sitemap system or not nearly as robust and in-depth.

[Kirk93]

Thank you for the information. :)

I decided to disable the default one and use this.

Please tell me; do I need to manually add the sitemap to my webmasters account as well? If so, which file do I submit?

I was previously using the four sitemaps generated by vBulletin.

[bzcomputers]

Thank you for the information. :)

I decided to disable the default one and use this.

Please tell me; do I need to manually add the sitemap to my webmasters account as well? If so, which file do I submit?

I was previously using the four sitemaps generated by vBulletin.

You don't have to submit it, but I recommend you do. If submitted the search engines will show you how many submitted links are indexed versus the total links submitted.

You only need to submit the index sitemap the search engines will be able to crawl the rest from there. Your submitted sitemap link should look something like: http://www.yoursitename.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

You should also place it in robots.txt so other crawlers and smaller search engines can also find it. I place it in the top line, but you can place anywhere. The line in robots.txt should look like:

Sitemap: http://www.yoursitename.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

[thenashy]

Why the hell is there no support for the paid product on your own website!?? Emergency ticket now for over 3 weeks, no response. Have the developers left?

[thenashy]

Ball bags. Don't expect support from the useless pricks, they don't even give their paying customers support.

[blackberry]

I am opening dispute with PayPal, Vbseo don't bother to reply to support tickets

[bzcomputers]

Don't confuse this product with vBSEO. This is vBSEO Sitemap (a separate and free mod) it has officially been unsupported for a long time.

About the only place you are going to get support on it now is right here from fellow vB users. If you have a question or issue just ask. There are more people familiar with the product here than almost anywhere else.

[Kirk93]

I've only just noticed that this mod doesn't work for me. According to the logs, there is no bot activity on my site (even know I see them on "Who's Online"); how do I fix this?

Are you supposed to manually submit vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_forum_1.xml.gz etc to Webmasters?

Also, which ones should you submit?

[bzcomputers]

I've only just noticed that this mod doesn't work for me. According to the logs, there is no bot activity on my site (even know I see them on "Who's Online"); how do I fix this?

Are you supposed to manually submit vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_forum_1.xml.gz etc to Webmasters?

Also, which ones should you submit?

Yes, you need to submit the index file ONLY to search engines (namely Google & Bing). Submitting the other files won't hurt but there will also be no benefit. The other files are linked through the index file and will be automatically scanned as long as the index file is submitted to the search engines.


Submittion url should look like:
http://www.yoursitename.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz


Once submitted the first time, search engines will know where it is and continually look for it and search for changes/updates. You can also set up VBSEO Sitemap to automatically notify search engines each time it is updated (it is a setting). This may get your site updates indexed a few hours quicker depending on how often your site is already being scanned by the search engines. The auto-notify currently only works for Google & Bing. They are the two largest search engines anyway and where probably 90+% of your search engine traffic is coming from, so it is a handy feature.

[Kirk93]

I'm getting errors with this.

sitemap_index.xml.gz is located in /vbseo_sitemap/data/..., but when I link to it the search engines can't find the additional xml's because they're reportedly supposed to be in the root folder.

How do I fix this aside from manually adding each one? Thanks for your help by the way. :)

[bzcomputers]

I'm getting errors with this.

sitemap_index.xml.gz is located in /vbseo_sitemap/data/..., but when I link to it the search engines can't find the additional xml's because they're reportedly supposed to be in the root folder.

How do I fix this aside from manually adding each one? Thanks for your help by the way. :)

You are correct the actual file locations for all sitemaps are in /vbseo_sitemap/data/ but that is not where you link to them. You link to the index file in the forum root.


http://www.yoursitename.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz
The index sitemap file does not reside there but it and all other sitemap files are accessed there. For this to work correctly, this line should be in your forum root .htaccess .


RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

[Delfi_r]

Where is the information to run on 4.21? I uninstalled the plugin as it ceased to work and I understand that should run if I make some changes.

[Kirk93]

You are correct the actual file locations for all sitemaps are in /vbseo_sitemap/data/ but that is not where you link to them. You link to the index file in the forum root.


http://www.yoursitename.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz
The index sitemap file does not reside there but it and all other sitemap files are accessed there. For this to work correctly, this line should be in your forum root .htaccess .


RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]


Hello,

That rewrite rule was already present in HT access, but Google is still throwing up errors when I try to submit "sitemap_index.xml.gz" as a sitemap.

Any ideas/suggestions?

[bzcomputers]

Hello,

That rewrite rule was already present in HT access, but Google is still throwing up errors when I try to submit "sitemap_index.xml.gz" as a sitemap.

Any ideas/suggestions?

Message me your site address and I'll see if I can't track down the issue.

[Easelm]

I have had this installed for a few months now and it's working great. The only thing
I don't receive is the SE Bots Activity Log, it's just blank.. Any ideas?

(I have the robots.txt added along with the meta tag for it)

I get plenty of spider bots on the site, just nothing in the log. Any suggestions or help
will be greatly appreciated

[fxdigi-cash]

There is something strange in here showed up after my web hosting "Bluehost" had been down for almost 1 day. I get this error:

The component "Zend Optimizer" is not installed on the Web Server and therefore cannot service encoded files. Please download and install the Zend Optimizer (available without charge) on the Web Server.


as if my web hosting doesn't support Zend optimizer, but I could see the feature is ON.

I use PHP 5.4 (FastCGI) and I'm wondering if everyone is the same or different on this!!

any idea ??

Update: I had to copy some zend opimizer url path from php5.2 fast-cgi to php5.4 fast-cgi and it works perfect!!

[Black Tiger]

Auto-notifies Search Engines when a new sitemap is generated (optional)
This is not working anymore.
Can this be fixed?

[smirkley]

I have the issue with the malformed cms pages in the cms sitemap file. The trailing slash after the root url is missing.

I have just downloaded the install and this is installed today. But the problem seems to be back from a previous version.

Does anyone have the two files bolded below from the fixed version they could give me?

Hello,

The issue has been corrected. Please download the package again and follow the upgrade instructions supplied within the readme.html file, which is located inside the docs (do not upload) folder.

The only files that have been updated are: vbseo_sitemap_functions.php and md5_sums_crawlability_sitemap.php (this one because of the checksum).

We can't just add them as separate files, because new people downloading the package may get confused about what to download and how to install what they've downloaded.

[lasalle6969]

Muy bueno. Lo utilizaré a ver qué tal

[ozzy47]

Please keep posts in English.

[ip-ip]

I have this error after Run Generator :

[SECTION START] tags [25,482.5Kb mem used] [61,254,440s (+61,254,440s)]

[friendlymela]

I have installed this mod today after then i try to submit it on manually on google web master but it saying /sitemap_index.xml.gz not found on server . but it was already in data folder then i try to submit sitemap with full extension but still same issue i face after then i download manually sitemap_index.xml.gz on my pc and then upload it on root then it working and then i have submit it into google webmaster. i dont know whats happening please guide me whats right or wrong?

[crazyboy1661]

I have this error after Run Generator :

[SECTION START] tags [25,482.5Kb mem used] [61,254,440s (+61,254,440s)]

I too got this message. Then I had removed those files from root Dir. Please any reply is appreciated.

[bzcomputers]

I have installed this mod today after then i try to submit it on manually on google web master but it saying /sitemap_index.xml.gz not found on server . but it was already in data folder then i try to submit sitemap with full extension but still same issue i face after then i download manually sitemap_index.xml.gz on my pc and then upload it on root then it working and then i have submit it into google webmaster. i dont know whats happening please guide me whats right or wrong?

The rules setup for VBSEO folders will deny direct access to the files (intentionally for security reasons).


I would assume your issues are with your .htaccess file(s) not being setup correctly.


Try this link: http://www.vbseo.com/f67/vbseo-htaccess-file-47787/
or Google VBSEO .htaccess rules.

[smirkley]

Plus if you have a reference to your sitemap in robots.txt, you may want to check that is for the proper filename as this mod has a unique one for sitemap index, even if you dont use vbseo like me.

(and note, this mod works best if you let the sitemap reside in its natural directory. And also note, go ahead and disable the post setting in this mod as all it does is create 404 errors for google)

[friendlymela]

Thanks both of u i have add this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

now its working and i have submit sitemap on google webmaster.

hey i need to submit it also on bing and i need to submit it again on google webmaster or it will work automatically ?

[bzcomputers]

hey i need to submit it also on bing and i need to submit it again on google webmaster or it will work automatically ?

It you have it setup to run automatically both Google and Bing will be notified that there is a new sitemap. You will see all their activity in the "Sitemap Downloads Log". This is an easy way to confirm they are receiving the update notifications. After a short time even if you don't send update notifications they will still check for changes in your sitemap automatically. You will typically see download activity from both Google (Googlebot) and Bing (msnbot) once a day.


If you run the sitemap creation manually, there will be no notifications sent to Google or Bing and this is when you'll need to make sure to submit/resubmit your sitemaps.

[friendlymela]

It you have it setup to run automatically both Google and Bing will be notified that there is a new sitemap. You will see all their activity in the "Sitemap Downloads Log". This is an easy way to confirm they are receiving the update notifications. After a short time even if you don't send update notifications they will still check for changes in your sitemap automatically. You will typically see download activity from both Google (Googlebot) and Bing (msnbot) once a day.


If you run the sitemap creation manually, there will be no notifications sent to Google or Bing and this is when you'll need to make sure to submit/resubmit your sitemaps.

Thanks for it dear. would u like to tell me why is not active on yahoo?

[friendlymela]

Is there i need to edit robots.txt after install this mod?

[bzcomputers]

Is there i need to edit robots.txt after install this mod?

It's always good practise to reference your sitemap in robots.txt.


I personally do it on the first line. In my case the first line looks like this:


Sitemap: http://www.mysite.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz

[ged]

Two weeks ago, I've uninstalled VBSEO. After this, I started using vBulletin's own SEO system.

Now, everytime I check Google Webmaster Tools, it says "this file does not contain any urls."

Do you get the same error and if it is so, how did you solve it?

[smirkley]

Did you change the robots.txt sitemap reference to the new sitemap url?

[DemOnstar]

Where does one find the robots.txt?

[friendlymela]

It's always good practise to reference your sitemap in robots.txt.


I personally do it on the first line. In my case the first line looks like this:


Sitemap: http://www.mysite.com/forums/sitemap_index.xml.gz


Google webmaster showing me this following error i dont know what should i do now

We were unable to read your Sitemap. It may contain an entry we are unable to recognize. Please validate your Sitemap before resubmitting

[smirkley]

Where does one find the robots.txt?

In your root directory. You may want to seach around for a good example robots.txt to use with vB to give you a head start on getting it right.

Google webmaster showing me this following error i dont know what should i do now

We were unable to read your Sitemap. It may contain an entry we are unable to recognize. Please validate your Sitemap before resubmitting

If you have just submitted your new sitemap url to google, give it a week or so to settle the data. It seems that happened to me until everything got settled with my sitemaps and with google reading it properly.

[smirkley]

edit to add, remember that the vbseo sitemap resides in the vbseo_sitemap directory. That will need to be in robots.txt as well as submitted to google.

edit the edit, I just reaslized I am not sure about the url structure, but just as long as it is properly entered it will work.

[DemOnstar]

In your root directory. You may want to seach around for a good example robots.txt to use with vB to give you a head start on getting it right.

Yes, i am guessing that you are right but from somebody that has very little idea, searching round for a good example doesn't really mean much..

Is it possible to provide a good example?

And also a bad example?

Thanks..............

Edit: I cannot find a robots.txt in my root directory, it isn't there..

I also do not have vbseo as a mod. If it is part of the vB 4.2.1 core, I wouldn't know that either...

[bzcomputers]

Yes, i am guessing that you are right but from somebody that has very little idea, searching round for a good example doesn't really mean much..

Is it possible to provide a good example?

And also a bad example?

Thanks..............

Edit: I cannot find a robots.txt in my root directory, it isn't there..

I also do not have vbseo as a mod. If it is part of the vB 4.2.1 core, I wouldn't know that either...

If robots.txt isn't there create a new one. Good example can be found here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=302570




vbSEO is not part of vB 4.2.1

[smirkley]

Yes, I have been using vb for some time, and forgot robots.txt doesnt come with the bundle.

And yes, its no big deal to make one and uploasd to your root.
It is just a flat txt file anyway.

[smirkley]

If robots.txt isn't there create a new one. Good example can be found here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=302570


That is a good example.

And just append the sitemap url and reference to the header or footer.

[friendlymela]

In your root directory. You may want to seach around for a good example robots.txt to use with vB to give you a head start on getting it right.



If you have just submitted your new sitemap url to google, give it a week or so to settle the data. It seems that happened to me until everything got settled with my sitemaps and with google reading it properly.

I have submit it before 15 or 20 day ago, it was working fine but from last 7 days its showing said error

[CAG CheechDogg]

I for what ever reason decided to go to my manage domains page and just decided to click away to see how google was doing with crawling my site and such..

Well I noticed that for some reason google was saying that there is an error and was not able to crawl my site and forums as well as not being able to access the sitemap...

I believe its something to do with google themselves, I wouldn't worry to much about it, wait a few days maybe a couple of weeks and then see if they are still having problems with the sitemaps....

Please not, that was the issue with me it could of course be something completely different with you.

[CAG CheechDogg]

One more thing, make sure you add this to your robots.txt


User-agent: *
Allow: /
sitemap:http://www.yourdomain.com/path/to/your/sitemap-file


This instructs them to allow access to your sitemap at the path indicated here...

[friendlymela]

One more thing, make sure you add this to your robots.txt


User-agent: *
Allow: /
sitemap:http://www.yourdomain.com/path/to/your/sitemap-file


This instructs them to allow access to your sitemap at the path indicated here...

i have done this but still same problem in google webmaster

[bzcomputers]

i have done this but still same problem in google webmaster
There are some characters that Google does not like to see in sitemaps and will error out when trying to read them. vBSEO Sitemap should encode all urls correctly so this isn't an issue but I've have run across at least a couple characters that aren't coded correctly. Offhand I can't remember exactly the ones I've personally run into but I believe the ampersand was one of them ("&" should be changed to "&amp;" in any url reference). I remember the ampersand was definitely an issue for me if it wasn't coded as "&amp;" I ran across this error a couple times when I was adding urls to the "extra-urls.txt" file.

Whenever Google would give me a sitemap error, my solution was to check my latest sitemap manually and see if there was an odd character in any thread/post title url. Usually I would find one, then I would just go to the forum edit the thread title, recreate the sitemap and all was good.

[smirkley]

Also, do not use all the settings in vbseo sitemap.

Indexing the "post" settings as on, may produce considerable 404 errors in webmaster tools. That settings will list incorrect url's in sitemaps. (I am using pretty urls)

[friendlymela]

There are some characters that Google does not like to see in sitemaps and will error out when trying to read them. vBSEO Sitemap should encode all urls correctly so this isn't an issue but I've have run across at least a couple characters that aren't coded correctly. Offhand I can't remember exactly the ones I've personally run into but I believe the ampersand was one of them ("&" should be changed to "&amp;" in any url reference). I remember the ampersand was definitely an issue for me if it wasn't coded as "&amp;" I ran across this error a couple times when I was adding urls to the "extra-urls.txt" file.

Whenever Google would give me a sitemap error, my solution was to check my latest sitemap manually and see if there was an odd character in any thread/post title url. Usually I would find one, then I would just go to the forum edit the thread title, recreate the sitemap and all was good.

Also, do not use all the settings in vbseo sitemap.

Indexing the "post" settings as on, may produce considerable 404 errors in webmaster tools. That settings will list incorrect url's in sitemaps. (I am using pretty urls)

Thanks for your brief reply on your first post i agree with you because it was same case with me then i change the thread title when i catch error in manual checking but still google webmaster make me anger and i am not indexing posts

[datoneer]

Is this better than unlimited sitemap generator?
http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/standalone-google-sitemap-generator.html

[smirkley]

Only if you dont mind spending twenty bucks instead of free.

[CountRock]

The sitemap scheduled runs at 2AM server time, can this be changed to another time? My server has high load at this time. I am unable to find the option anywhere. Please help

[bzcomputers]

The sitemap scheduled runs at 2AM server time, can this be changed to another time? My server has high load at this time. I am unable to find the option anywhere. Please help

Under AdminCP - Scheduled Tasks - Scheduled Task Manager:

Look for "vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap". When you find it (it will probably be near the bottom of the list) go to the far right and you will see "Edit" already selected in the option box, click the "Go" button underneath it. From there you can change the time.

[CountRock]

Under AdminCP - Scheduled Tasks - Scheduled Task Manager:

Look for "vBSEO Search Engine XML Sitemap". When you find it (it will probably be near the bottom of the list) go to the far right and you will see "Edit" already selected in the option box, click the "Go" button underneath it. From there you can change the time.

Thanks! that did it! Learnt something new!:)

PS: Is VBSEO dead? Their main site is down!

[marysnow786]

[SECTION START] tags [8,345.1Kb mem used] [327s (+327s)]

i got this error when i run site map genrator

[bzcomputers]

Thanks! that did it! Learnt something new!:)

PS: Is VBSEO dead? Their main site is down!

Yes, vbSEO is dead (and has been as far as support for over two years now). DBTECH is working on an SEO product called DBSEO which is in its beta stages and will expand upon what vbSEO offered. DBSEO will also import your vbSEO settings with the click of a button. Then a quick change in your .htaccess (basically changing vbseo to dbseo in two spots) and those who were running vbSEO will have DBSEO up and running.

Like I said it's still beta but coming along quickly. It will be nice to actually have a supported SEO product for vb once again.

[bosanci28]

Hmm, hopefully DBTECH , will come soon with a release...Thanks for the info.

[Domiav]

I have installed this mod today after then i try to submit it on manually on google web master but it saying /sitemap_index.xml.gz not found on server . but it was already in data folder then i try to submit sitemap with full extension but still same issue i face after then i download manually sitemap_index.xml.gz on my pc and then upload it on root then it working and then i have submit it into google webmaster. i dont know whats happening please guide me whats right or wrong?

Thanks both of u i have add this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

now its working and i have submit sitemap on google webmaster.

hey i need to submit it also on bing and i need to submit it again on google webmaster or it will work automatically ?
i'm having the same problem. loaded the .htacces to my forum root but still having 404 from google. what am i missing?

[Alan_SP]

At the moment, I think it's a good thing to wait for DBSEO, as vBSEO is no more.

[Manoel J?nior]

At the moment, I think it's a good thing to wait for DBSEO, as vBSEO is no more.
Expetect for $$

wow

[Alan_SP]

There would be light (free) version soon. Also, you can go with full (pro) version, with 3 month of upgrades (I think it's $70).

Also, compare it with vBSEO who had price tag of $$ and so much per year. After three years DBSEO is better deal.

On the other hand, we all have our own math what is bargain and what isn't.

[TheLastSuperman]

Expetect for $$

wow

There would be light (free) version soon. Also, you can go with full (pro) version, with 3 month of upgrades (I think it's $70).

Also, compare it with vBSEO who had price tag of $$ and so much per year. After three years DBSEO is better deal.

On the other hand, we all have our own math what is bargain and what isn't.

I've edited your posts gentlemen, remember that we do not discuss pricing in mod threads, for the paid version of said product or competing products.

You're more than welcome to discuss that here though - https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=304107

:cool:

[inshajeex]

very nice. thanks

[DGrey2011]

Hello! Great mod!

I just noticed that the Custom Priority doesn't work. I mean, it doesn't read the *per-forum* priorities set in the vBulletin XML Sitemap Manage Content Priority section.

I set certain forums to have 0.4 priority while others to have 0.9 priority. But when I check the generated sitemap, they all have the same value (the minimum value range set in vBseo search engine sitemap mod overwrites those custom values set in vBulletin Content Priority).

Does anyone know how to fix this?

[khalled]

when i try to submit sitemap (vbseo_sitemap/data/sitemap_index.xml.gz) greated by vbseo to google webmaster i get the followin error
our Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. Please ensure it meets our Sitemap guidelines and resubmit.

[Chadi]

Trying to run sitemap generator manually, getting this error:

[SECTION START] tags [9,451.5Kb mem used] [1,397,522,695s (+1,397,522,695s)]
Database error

[Mecho]

i have 2 issues :

1 - Delay Execution After Each Sitemap File - is not working. only make one and then stop fully.

2 - when generator stop cause of high load and db error , in next cron job it wont start again.

3- Im on a dedi server with 256M PHP Timeout but after each sitemap creation i get database error (timeout error and mysql database gone error)
Anyone can help me to solve these?

Thanks in advance

vb 4.2.2 - vbseo installed

[Spangle]

i have 2 issues :

1 - Delay Execution After Each Sitemap File - is not working. only make one and then stop fully.

2 - when generator stop cause of high load and db error , in next cron job it wont start again.

3- Im on a dedi server with 256M PHP Timeout but after each sitemap creation i get database error (timeout error and mysql database gone error)
Anyone can help me to solve these?

Thanks in advance

vb 4.2.2 - vbseo installed

http://www.web-site-map.com/ generates an XML sitemap for you absolutely free, they also have links to their broken link checker ( 3000 pages checked for free).

[Mecho]

http://www.web-site-map.com/ generates an XML sitemap for you absolutely free, they also have links to their broken link checker ( 3000 pages checked for free).

thanks but we have over 2m pages.

[gageb]

thank you installed

[GPOClan]

Hello,

since a few weeks, I get this database error every day:

Datenbankfehler in vBulletin 4.2.2:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO cronlog
(varname, dateline, description, type)
VALUES
('vbseo_sitemap_task',
1400313092,
'Google Sitemap Created',
0);

MySQL-Fehler : MySQL server has gone away
Fehler-Nr. : 2006
Fehler-Zeit : Saturday, 17.05.2014 @ 09:51:32
Datum : Saturday, 17.05.2014 @ 09:53:34
Skript : http://tactical-riot-gaming.de/cron.php?rand=1400202073
[...]

What's the matter here? Is there a problem with the connection to the MySQL server?

Thanks for your help!

[bzcomputers]

Hello,

since a few weeks, I get this database error every day:

Datenbankfehler in vBulletin 4.2.2:

Invalid SQL:

INSERT INTO cronlog
(varname, dateline, description, type)
VALUES
('vbseo_sitemap_task',
1400313092,
'Google Sitemap Created',
0);

MySQL-Fehler : MySQL server has gone away
Fehler-Nr. : 2006
Fehler-Zeit : Saturday, 17.05.2014 @ 09:51:32
Datum : Saturday, 17.05.2014 @ 09:53:34
Skript : http://tactical-riot-gaming.de/cron.php?rand=1400202073
[...]

What's the matter here? Is there a problem with the connection to the MySQL server?

Thanks for your help!

Looks like your php or mysql processes are probably set to timeout at 120 seconds. You're sitemap processing probably just became long enough to go over this limit and cause the errors. Try adjusting timeout limits in php.ini.

[GPOClan]

Hello,

thanks for your answer! I set the timeout limit to the highest possible value my hoster permitted, but I still get the database error.

EDIT: I uninstalled vBSEO due to several problems. Thanks for your help.

[Ghostt]

i have this problem since years.
my sitemap has #370 Files

1. this url NEVER worked.
Sitemap Index: /sitemap_index.xml
only this worked sitemap_index.xml.gz
BUT only when sitemap is finished. when cronjob make a new sitemap. all files get deleted. and
google webmaster tools display a error ....

how can i finally fix it? its very important.
i would also pay someone who can fix it.

[tpearl5]

Hadn't had an issue with this mod for over a year, until about a week ago.

Sitemap generations started giving Internal Server Errors (500) when generating a new sitemap. After trying a ton of different things to try and resolve it, I was finally able to get a sitemap to build without error by turning off "Auto-Notify Search Engines" in the settings. The time for creation of the sitemap after doing this went from an average of taking about 12-14 seconds over the last year down to taking less than 1 second (still getting all the links) with the auto-notify off.



Thanks, this was driving me nuts!

[MARCO1]

Waw, I remember these days :)

i have this problem since years.
my sitemap has #370 Files

1. this url NEVER worked.
Sitemap Index: /sitemap_index.xml
only this worked sitemap_index.xml.gz
BUT only when sitemap is finished. when cronjob make a new sitemap. all files get deleted. and
google webmaster tools display a error ....

how can i finally fix it? its very important.
i would also pay someone who can fix it.

You will not pay anyone :) I'll make a vBSEO rewind for your for FREE :D

The correct sitemap URL is the second not the first, Always use sitemap_index.xml.gz as your sitemap URL.
This URL contains all of your generated sitemap.

[dknelson]

Getting this error. I get it every night when the the VBSEO cron task runs. Am told that VBulletin 4 does not even had a tagthread table so why is it trying to do this?

nvalid SQL:

SELECT
count(*) as maxre
FROM tagthread
GROUP BY tagid
ORDER BY maxre DESC
LIMIT 0,1;

MySQL Error : Table 'my_forums.tagthread' doesn't exist
Error Number : 1146
Request Date : Saturday, November 29th 2014 @ 02:00:24 AM
Error Date : Saturday, November 29th 2014 @ 02:00:24 AM
Script : http://www.mysiteorg/forum/cr...and=1417244421
Referrer : http://www.mysite.org/forum/fo...ing-Hole/page3
IP Address : 98.247.223.92
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database_MySQLi
MySQL Version :

[ozzy47]

TBH I would just ditch vBSEO and go with DBSEO instead.

[dknelson]

Yep, I think I'll do just that.

[ozzy47]

Just remember, do not remove vBSEO till DBSEO is completely set up. :)

[dknelson]

Will do. Not 100% sure yet. To be honest, DB seems to be dropping the ball lately with their support. Hard to get an answer from them.

[ozzy47]

Well if you ask on here, it will be few and far between to get a answer, best bet is to post on their site, in the mods support thread, it gets answered there much quicker. :)

[dknelson]

I posted on their site about 3 or 4 days about about a database error in the Gallery and have had no response at all.

[ozzy47]

Strange, Belazor is usually on top of that stuff.

[Brandon Sheley]

Does anyone know if this xml sitemap will work with DBSEO?
DBSEO has a .php sitemap but nothing to manually submit to google webmaster tools...

Or if there a better sitemap that will work with DBSEO?

Thanks

[dknelson]

I read somewhere in this long thread that DBSEO will not work if your forum is installed in a folder. Is that still the case? If so, I don't even want to bother with this.

[ozzy47]

Well you would be better off asking about that in the DBSEO thread. :)

[www.nofal]

Thanks

[bzcomputers]

Does anyone know if this xml sitemap will work with DBSEO?
DBSEO has a .php sitemap but nothing to manually submit to google webmaster tools...

Or if there a better sitemap that will work with DBSEO?

Thanks

With DBSEO you just submit the .php sitemap link to webmaster tools. It just like submitting an .xml only better since you submit just one .php link and it finds all the individual .xmls from it.

[m0rgulvale]

I am aware that this mod is no longer supported by the developers. hoping someone might have seen this and know a solution. i have a problem that randomly started happening with vbseo sitemap generator -- nothing changed on my site which is running vb 3.8.7 pl5

Sometimes the sitemap doesn't completely generate when the script runs for that at 2am or whatever. When it fails, I get zero error notifications. when going to mysite.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz it says "sitemap file not found". The vbseo_sitemap folder contains the sitemap_forum_1.xml.gz file. Normally it should contain sitemap_forum_2.xml.gz and sitemap_forum_3.xml.gz as well. plus sitemap_index.xml.gz should be there.

A file is in that directory called progress.dat. It's as if the script starts running but can't finish. But no errors whatsoever. I checked the webserver error logs, and PHP error logs, and no problems

For years, every day my vbseo sitemap generates perfectly at 2AM on the dot. Now it fails almost every other day. The only solution to the problem is to manually re-run the sitemap generator . This always fixes the problem, and NEVER fails when I run it manually. So i'm wondering why the manual option always works yet the automated one fails basically every other day. Wouldn't it be basically the same code that executes?

thanks for any suggestions, greatly appreciate the help

[bosanci28]

So this is not working anymore? Need a sitemap builder.

For vb 4.2.2 PL4

[SaN-DeeP]

So this is not working anymore? Need a sitemap builder.

For vb 4.2.2 PL4
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=308615
They have a sitemap.. Best part is, developer supports the same and can be trusted..

[RichieBoy67]

This still works fine. If you get time outs when generating just make smaller sitemaps. You will generate more xml files but each one will be smaller.

[mykkal]

This still works fine. If you get time outs when generating just make smaller sitemaps. You will generate more xml files but each one will be smaller.

So your using this with vb 4.2.X? If you are please point me towards any code changes. I want to use this on my 4.2.X forum

[mykkal]

Is anyone else experiencing a Database error when running the generator manually? I've looks in the logs, looks like even though its scheduled it also has not had a generation successfully go through since March. I pressed ctrl U and it did not display an error in the source.

Hi there i'm getting the database error when i try to run it manually. Does it still work as a scheduled task?

[Manoel J?nior]

I know that is no longer supported the vBSEO, but many still use it and would like to exchange some experiences.

Recently I again installed vBSEO along with sending sitemap on my site and I've had very good results on Google, but Google Webmaster is not indexing my pages many as you can see in the images below:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/06/21.png
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/06/22.png

What should I do to improve my index pages? How to know for what reason it has not indexed the other pages?

[mykkal]

How long has it been you re-installed? Also, Have you added each entry to you robots.txt?

Btw be careful using the words VBSEO around here. There are anti-VBSEO armies. The war never ended for them.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/06/7.jpg

[bosanci28]

Same problem for me too, submitted about 200 and indexed only 3! Hmmm.

[Manoel J?nior]

How long has it been you re-installed? Also, Have you added each entry to you robots.txt?

Btw be careful using the words VBSEO around here. There are anti-VBSEO armies. The war never ended for them.

I reinstalled makes about 1 month because I have acquired vBET translator. My robots are wide open:

User-Agent: *
allow: /

And what do you mean by: "Btw be careful using the words VBSEO around here. There are anti-VBSEO armies. The war never ended for them."

Same problem for me too, submitted about 200 and indexed only 3! Hmmm.

Recently I know that Google changed its SEO mechanism, I think it reflected a lot on vBSEO. It remains we wait the comments from people who understand one few more SEO than us to be able to help us.

[e24h]

I for what ever reason decided to go to my manage domains page and just decided to click away to see how google was doing with crawling my site and such..

Well I noticed that for some reason google was saying that there is an error and was not able to crawl my site and forums as well as not being able to access the sitemap...

I believe its something to do with google themselves, I wouldn't worry to much about it, wait a few days maybe a couple of weeks and then see if they are still having problems with the sitemaps....

Please not, that was the issue with me it could of course be something completely different with you.

[bosanci28]

Recently I know that Google changed its SEO mechanism, I think it reflected a lot on vBSEO. It remains we wait the comments from people who understand one few more SEO than us to be able to help us.

Yes, Maybe someone with more knowledge can explain little better.
But still i am debating if i should stay with this mod or move to DragonByte SEO Lite if it will be more better.

[mykkal]

A few things... You probably have duplicate content if VBSEO isn't configured right. I have close to 100k pages indexed and the number is going up.

It takes a lot of time for search engines to index unless you are getting lots of traffic. I get lots of traffic.

Your pages will be penalized if they do not have a mobile version per Google's highly publicized recent update. You can purchase a responsive skin but no mods will work with a responsive skin.
Set your archive options to 301 Redirect vB's Archive Thread Pages. If you don't you will have duplicate content and will have pages dropped from indexing.
Turn on Cleanup HTML Code.
Make sure Replace the 'META DESCRIPTION' Content is set to yes
Add rel="nofollow" to ALL External URLs set to yes
Enable Canonical URLs must be set to yes
Inside your sitemap settings set Include Forum Display Pages to no
Inside your sitemap settings set Include Show Post Pages to no
test your site score in google pagespeed. A low score means low priority being indexed and Google shows you in search results less even if you are indexed. https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

[Manoel J?nior]

Yes, Maybe someone with more knowledge can explain little better.
But still i am debating if i should stay with this mod or move to DragonByte SEO Lite if it will be more better.
I previously was using bad DBSEO did not like, was not quite indexing my pages, some bugs and every week had a version to download.

The DBSEO support is only made out of vBulletin and also did not like it, I preferred to leave and return to the same vBSEO unsupported seems much higher.

[Manoel J?nior]

A few things... You probably have duplicate content if VBSEO isn't configured right. I have close to 100k pages indexed and the number is going up.

It takes a lot of time for search engines to index unless you are getting lots of traffic. I get lots of traffic.

Your pages will be penalized if they do not have a mobile version per Google's highly publicized recent update. You can purchase a responsive skin but no mods will work with a responsive skin.
Set your archive options to 301 Redirect vB's Archive Thread Pages. If you don't you will have duplicate content and will have pages dropped from indexing.
Turn on Cleanup HTML Code.
Make sure Replace the 'META DESCRIPTION' Content is set to yes
Add rel="nofollow" to ALL External URLs set to yes
Enable Canonical URLs must be set to yes
Inside your sitemap settings set Include Forum Display Pages to no
Inside your sitemap settings set Include Show Post Pages to no
test your site score in google pagespeed. A low score means low priority being indexed and Google shows you in search results less even if you are indexed. https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

So far there had Google messages about duplicate content, it is working very well.

[mykkal]

I reinstalled makes about 1 month because I have acquired vBET translator. My robots are wide open:

And what do you mean by: "Btw be careful using the words VBSEO around here. There are anti-VBSEO armies. The war never ended for them."

You need to add individual entries to your robots.txt for search engines like ASK.COM and others that don't have webmaster tools you can directly submit sitemaps in. That will help a lot. Believe it or not search engines actually crawl each other so getting listed in one helps you rank in another.

The syntax is like this:
sitemap: yoursite.com/sitemap.xml

I previously was using bad DBSEO did not like, was not quite indexing my pages, some bugs and every week had a version to download.

The DBSEO support is only made out of vBulletin and also did not like it, I preferred to leave and return to the same vBSEO unsupported seems much higher.

The anti-vbseo armies will be here soon. I wish you hadn't done that.

I for what ever reason decided to go to my manage domains page and just decided to click away to see how google was doing with crawling my site and such..

Well I noticed that for some reason google was saying that there is an error and was not able to crawl my site and forums as well as not being able to access the sitemap...

This is not going to fix itself. VBSEO will not help you. You need to figure out what is keeping the search engines from crawling... Start with making sure your site isn't being gzipped (compressed) more than once.

Yes, Maybe someone with more knowledge can explain little better.
But still i am debating if i should stay with this mod or move to DragonByte SEO Lite if it will be more better.

I use VBSEO for three reasons only:

The sitemap integrates nicely with vbet translator.
The canonical url is displayed in the sitemap. The vbulletin url display isn't canonical and it can keep you from being indexed as the urls it submits have priority and can conflict with the canonical url if you have custom urls written.
It supports memcached caching. I distribute my caching across multiple servers for efficiency.

[Manoel J?nior]

Thanks for the tips friend about robots.txt I just added.

About anti-vBSEO army I understand now what you meant, and I wish this army does not interfere in our postanges.

[mykkal]

Thanks for the tips friend about robots.txt I just added.

About anti-vBSEO army I understand now what you meant, and I wish this army does not interfere in our postanges.

You may also want to read this thread. Make sure your sitemap and canonical urls match. Check the source of your page to be sure. And if you are using VBSEO sitemap disable/delete your vbulletin native sitemap if you have vb4 or vb5 installed.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2546495

[Manoel J?nior]

You may also want to read this thread. Make sure your sitemap and canonical urls match. Check the source of your page to be sure. And if you are using VBSEO sitemap disable/delete your vbulletin native sitemap if you have vb4 or vb5 installed.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?p=2546495
Thank you, deactivated native sitempa vBulletin and am also following the topic that you recommended.

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[friendlymela]

I am facing parsing error when i am submitting sitemap to google webmaster

please someone tell me what should i can do to resolve this issue?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2015/08/68.png

[yahya issa]

Thank You ..:up:

[friendlymela]

no response by onyone :(

[weindians]

no response by onyone :(

Its just in two of ur sites maps... can you add more details or url of page giving error...

[RichieBoy67]

Click on the error link and tell us what it says? If it is a time out error or something like that you can change the settings to reduce the size of each file. You will just end up with more files.

[djbaxter]

1. Uninstall the vBSEO Sitemap generator. It is old, outdated, and a potential security risk. Mine stopped working on three forums after recent vBulletin 4 updates.

2. Enable the built-in vBulletin sitemap generator as follows:


AdminCP >> Settings >> Options
scroll down to XML Sitemap
Enable Automatic Sitemap Generation = Yes
Set the remaining settings according to your preferences
For me, I set Sitemap File Path = . (just a period; you may need to experiemtn a bit with this depending on your server)

[friendlymela]

1. Uninstall the vBSEO Sitemap generator. It is old, outdated, and a potential security risk. Mine stopped working on three forums after recent vBulletin 4 updates.

2. Enable the built-in vBulletin sitemap generator as follows:


AdminCP >> Settings >> Options
scroll down to XML Sitemap
Enable Automatic Sitemap Generation = Yes
Set the remaining settings according to your preferences
For me, I set Sitemap File Path = . (just a period; you may need to experiemtn a bit with this depending on your server)


Thanks dear

[Wisc]

In the data file
index file is blank
.htaccess has deny from all

So google and bing cannot access the xml.gz files
if you go www.sitename/vbseo_sitemap/data i get Forbidden and 404 error

Biing and google say they are forbidden had that in as the address to go to..
What am I doing wrong?
Downloaded twice more those two files still the same
Any help appreciated
Thank you

[Alan_SP]

.htaccess has deny from all

Not sure what you want to do, but this command blocks access to everyone. So, bots also can't access whatever place you blocked from outside.