There is a patch in this thread:
http://www.vbseo.com/f44/google-site...riority-24325/

However, a google rep even chimed in and stated that the 'error' is more of a 'warning' to notify you, the owner, of the issue. Google will still accept it and use it.

The sitemap generator doesn't support re-writes from 3rd party.... only stock vb urls or vbseo plugin config will be used. If you use vbseo, there is a flag in the options for telling the sitemap generator that you have vbseo installed.

Do I have to have vBSEO installed to use this?

no.

it works for standard vB urls or vbseo urls.

it doesn't work for zoints, tfseo, etc etc

any plans to get it compatible whit this ?
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Hello,

there are add-ons for Downloads II and vBa CMPS included in the package.

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=184573" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=184573</a>

I installed this hack and it has improved traffic by 50% in a matter of days. I am getting double the Google hits I was getting before.

I just wanted to let those of you know that aren't running it already.

Based on others experiences...

Once the sitemap is submitted... how long until all pages appear in google?

stryka u have to wait that google spider index your site

Well.. the spider came and the report shows that it only indexed the main sitemap xml page... i will wait a couple more days... and report back...

Keep in mind, the sitemap is a SUGGESTED LIST of links for google to crawl.

Based on my experience.. all pages will not appear. My sitemap contains over 14,000 URLS and Google has only indexed a little over 100 of them. This is with a couple weeks worth of crawling too.. and Google is indeed downloading my sitemap on a daily basis. YMMV.

Does seem to be making a change

When I add the htaccess file, I get this when trying to access my CP and the forum itself... :(

Any ideas? There was no htaccess file already there.

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Ok, it's at the bottom of the install instructions (heart-attack averted).

Where is the httpd.ini file I have to edit? :confused:

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You should have ISAPI_rewrite module for IIS installed for that. Otherwise you can move your sitemap files manually from vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder to forums root.

Is the module something I get from my host?

What are the sitemap files? Do I still have to edit/upload the htaccess file?

iojam, I don't think that's the problem. Two other people who use the sitemap generator are on the same host as I am and they received their emails daily.

Additionally, having been using this generator for a couple of years now, I was receiving the emails prior to upgrading to this latest version.

I've posted this on the vbseo site, so perhaps I'll get some help there.

Thanks!

thanks....

Umm.... that sorta sux... have you gotten a respone on how this can be improved...?? Or is it just too early...

cuz you have a success rate of less than 1%

I have over 200K threads in my forum... lucky i didn't ask to do the posts...

No idea. Probably has to do with (not using) SEO. Google likes to see words in links not just showthreadphp?=xxxx.

Google has reportedly indexed a little over 100 threads from my sitemap (these stats are contained in webmaster tools), but it has indexed hundreds of other pages on its own (based on http://www.google.com/search?q=site:[MY SITE URL HERE]). So I'm not sure how hit-or-miss this sitemap method is. I'm getting more traffic from Yahoo and Live bots though so at least that's a good thing.

Whats up everyone :D newbie here. first time install so be a little patient! I apologize to all you vets, these questions are gonna be SIMPLE to you.

1)Im learning as I go so, just to make sure before i go messing something up, when it says upload to 'forum root' folder, would it be this: public_html -> forums
(* I named the folder I put all of my vbulletin stuff in 'forums'*)

I uploaded it in the 'forums' folder, did the htaccess file and everything seems fine. Im on the final step where Im creating a scheduled task. At the very bottom it says 'product' and has options for vBSEO or Vbulletin. I havent purchased the $149 vBSEO program so I would go with vbulletin right?

Sorry CP... just a little confused... if you are not using SEO on your forum... then how are you using this modification?

You don't need vbSEO to use this hack.

Ahh... ok... didn't know... thx... well i hope that all my stuff gets indexed... cuz i have VBSEO installed... my spiders are on my forums (based on online.php) but it isn't being reported ... it only shows the download report for google... i will wait another day before i get support...

So, can someone tell me the possible causes of this:

Running 3.7.2 on Apache

Google is picking up the maps, but generating that error.

I have uninstalled/reinstalled, CHMOD the data folder to 777, put .htaccess in the right place, and unless I am losing my mind, I've done everything I'm supposed to.

Ideas?

EDIT - Fixed... I had a lingering .htaccess issue

ETDC,

ISAPI_Rewrite is the module that your host should install to enable rewrite rules. If you don't have that module, you can generate sitemap and them move all *.gz files from vbseo_sitemap/data/ folder to forums root.


thesackshack,

Scheduled task should be created automatically, you don't have to setup it.

Installed. Looks like an awesome utility. Thanks.

hmmmmm.... could I please get some help with my issue? I've asked both here and vbseo.com and gotten no response either place. :(

Ah ok in that case you might have a better chance of getting more of your pages indexed.. make sure you sign up for webmaster tools if you haven't already so you can see all your stats

after the this is installed and working do we need to submit the direct link to the sitemap to google and yahoo? i noticed that after i generated the sitemap, msnbot downloaded it....

thanks for the info.

Installed and seems to be working now.

thanks :D

thanks

Ohiosweetheart,

please open a ticket on vbseo.com for troubleshooting.

^^^ Anyone? :confused:

I have a weird problem here. Everything seems to run fine, I can generate the site map fine and everything...

But then when I view I view it I get this error:

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/1327/z1yn5.jpg


And when I manually tried submitting the site map to google, I get this error:

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2458/z2xl9.jpg

Any help?

When clicking the sitemap addy from my Google webmaster tools, this is what comes up:


This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.

−
<sitemapindex xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/09/siteindex.xsd">
−
<sitemap>
−
<loc>
http://www.thesackshack.com/forums/sitemap_1.xml.gz
</loc>
<lastmod>2008-08-07T20:06:14+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex>



Is something wrong?

iojam, I tried to open a ticket on vbseo.com for support. But it tells me I need to upgrade, and takes me to a page to purchase vbseo, which I don't want to do. I just want help with this :)

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/cheatingnetwork.net/htdocs/forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 800

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/cheatingnetwork.net/htdocs/forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 797

any ideas? :X

thanks
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