nice im bout to install then. did you modify the code in any way? anything you think i should look out for?

ok. i dont know what link i need to submit to Google.
I am using vBadvnaced and my forum is located in the forum folder.


i submitted <http://www.sportnippon.com/sitemap.xml.gz> but got an error message from google.

So i tried <http://www.sportnippon.com/forum/sitemap.xml.gz and waiting for results.

I see the the file at http://www.sportnippon.com/forum/vbs...p_index.xml.gz

but it wont allow me to add this link because its not in the root
Am i submitting the right URL?

lol i tried the same thing and im getting errors 2. hope someone can point out the right file.

Have you uploaded the .htaccess file?

Basically: Google/Yahoo want the .xml/.txt file to be in the site's ROOT folder. We have to place it in the /forums/vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder for it to work.

So, we create an .htaccess that goes in the root directory, so that when we try to hit www.rootdirectory.com/sitemap.xml, the .htaccess redirects the request to the correct location, but the Search Engine THINKS that the file is accessable at root.

the site map is . you have to run the sitemap generator first then after your file is created you can link it like this. the .htaccess file will follow the direction even tho its in the data folder. make sure its chmod so it has access.


http://www.yoursite.com/sitemap_index.xml.gz

ok. thank you for the quick advices guys. It was very helpful.

by the word rootfolder, i had the .htaccess in the forum folder. I take that i have to bring it out one level.

I'll try it again and hope it works this time.

thanks again.

I installed this back when I had 3.5.4 and I have never once had to modify anything on it.

yea i got it working with np. thanks and i have set it up on 2 of my forums. im sure this will help.

Is this truly working fine for vB 3.6.1 without vBSEO?

Works like a charm on 3.6.1. 2 or 3 days after a post is entered on my site for the first time; it's on the 1st page of google results for related keywords from that post. This hack is probably the most useful one I've added to my site.