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index pages that only can find with search [duplicate]
I have a website that have 5 static pages and more than 700 dynamic contents that only can access them by search.
I create sitemap.xml that include 5 static pages and whole of dynamic contents.
But ...
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Google's webmaster tools saying invalid URL in sitemap
I've recently made some big changes to my site and as a result, have had to change my sitemap. In doing so, I resubmitted my sitemap file only to see 3 errors reading invalid URL's. I'm not sure if ...
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Need I submit sitemap in Webmaster Tools?
I have uploaded my sitemap on server root folder. Do I need it submit it in Google Webmaster Tools?
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Webmaster tools show old URLs are crawled
We renewed our website last year (2012) in December. After that we have put 301 redirection in place for the required pages. We removed some pages in old site when we moved to new site.
For example ...
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Multiple Sitemaps Doesn't Index Quickly - How To Get Quick Index
I have a serious problem in my site: http://www.coimbatorematrimony.com
I will create multiple sitemaps.xml with all terms & conditions of Google Webmaster and some other search engines. I have ...
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How often does GWT check dynamic sitemaps?
I'm working on a fairly large site, that generates a dynamic sitemap hourly. Now in Google Webmaster Tools the sitemap isn't submitted yet and I'm shying away because I'm afraid that the new content ...
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Network unreachable: robots.txt unreachable
I am trying to add a valid sitemap to Google Webmaster. Yet, it says:
Network unreachable: robots.txt unreachableWe were unable to crawl
your Sitemap because we found a robots.txt file at ...
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Is it possible to find out whether one given page has been indexed?
When one submits sitemaps in Google Webmaster, Google may not index all pages of your site/blog.
Is there a way to find out whether one specific page belonging to the sitemap has been indexed or not? ...
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Does Google reprocesses submitted sitemaps from time to time?
Assuming one submits a sitemap for a website in Google Webmaster, does Google reprocess it from time to time? If yes, at which rate?
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Sitemaps - do I need to submit each sitemap in sitemap_index.xml to Google Webmaster tools?
I am having a Wordpress blog on my CentOS server. There is no sitemap.xml in the root directory but there is sitemap_index.xml file in the root directory which contains the following code:
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Only 10% of my site are indexed [duplicate]
I'm newbie in Google Webmaster Tools and I use sitemap.xml to submit urls.
The problem is that I've submitted 150 urls and only 17 are indexed! Is that a problem or they will be indexed later?
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Issue with sitemap in GWT
I have an e-commerce website www.beyondtime.in, i have been constantly monitoring the google bot crawling on my website and my webmaster account. Lately, i have found two issues that i have not been ...
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In Google Webmaster Tools we have 3 sitemaps attributed to 1 domain
I have a website that has been on the internet for almost 10 years created in "Microsoft FrontPage" with over 900 pages. Currently in Google Webmaster tools it shows up as 2 domains and 3 sitemaps:
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Low number of site map links and none of mobile site map links indexed in the google
There 2,521 sitemap URLs submit to the Google webmaster tools.
But they indexed only 548 URLs and 1,256 mobile sitemap URLs were submitted but none of it indexed. This shown in whole last month.
URLs ...
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Displaying thumbnails in google search results for flash games?
Some sites are somehow displaying video preview thumbnails for pages that contain flash games in google search results. For example search for:
site:www.thorgaming.com game
I see this only on small ...
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Mobile Sitemap in Google Webmaster Tools [closed]
I have a problem with my mobile sitemap because google index the urls as web instead of mobile. Why?
You can check the sitemap and one url.
I need your help.
Thanks
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Should I submit my RSS feed as Google Sitemap?
I currently have no sitemap for a website I'm creating.
I do have an RSS feed which includes the N latest updated posts on the site. It doesn't include everything on the site though, just blog posts. ...
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Creating Google sitemap.xml , is it okay for the images to be wrapped in url tags?
I'm using a tool to generate the sitemap.xml file for me, it started to crawl my website, got the pages and all images, but when exporting it, I review the xml(to make sure nothing is wrong) and I ...
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Are there any clear indicators that my sitemap file is beneficial?
I have recently created a sitemap.xml file and uploaded it to my Google Webmasters Tools account. Google didn't report any issues or errors with the uploaded sitemap of my site.
Now my question is:
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Google sitemap access error, something to do with .htaccess redirect from http://www. to http://
I recently updated the htaccess of my site to redirect from http://www. to http://.
It all works fine but now I've made some changes to my site and uploaded a new sitemap.xml to google webmaster. I'm ...
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Google SEO - remove site map from search result
I am an amateur to SEO. I have a new site recently and submitted the site map to GWT. But after several weeks. I found when I search my domain in google. The site map also appears to be one of the ...
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How to improve a single-paged site search result [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to SEO a Single-Page website
I created an online CV of mine a couple of weeks ago and it has had quite a few visits. Now I want to improve the chance it will appear ...
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Frequency to submit sitemap to search engines
i have went live with my site and being new to search engines and SEO fields not sure what should be the best way to handle sitemap.xml.
I have created sitemap.xml and submitted it to
Google using ...
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Google anonymous sitemap submission
By searching for "How to submit a sitemap to Google" you can find dozens of links, and all of'em truly explain the how to very well.
But all of'em start with this first step:
Login to your Google ...
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Why does google only index a part of my site?
For a while now I have been having issues with google indexing my site. For some reason it would'nt take over 33 pages from my xml sitemap: (images not allowed for new users...)
It has been the case ...
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sitemap and crawler
I am still newbie in the entire world of SEO. Let's take a look at my example. I have a website very similar to blog style site. There few patterns for urls, all of the are very simple and allowed to ...
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How to create google video sitemap urls for very large video files with distinct segments?
I have a large video files about 1 hr in duration, with different sections of the video corresponding to different distinct sub topics . For example, the whole video may be about an yoga exercise ...
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Site.xml with #!, still ok to have bare URL as home page?
I'm trying to get some ajax content on my main page indexed by google. I've implemented the #! url structure for that content and the corresponding piece on the server which renders what users see ...
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How to fix Google 404 not found Crawl Errors?
I was checking on Google webmater tool for my blog site to see if there's any indication on why my blog traffic decreased to half in one day and i saw 43 Not Found crawl errors and 5 in Sitemap Not ...
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Unsupported file format of sitemap - Google
I'm having an issue where I'm submitting my sitemap, too bad I keep this omitted error:
Unsupported file format
Your Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. Please ensure it ...
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Is there anyway to re-submit all sitemaps in Google Webmaster Tools at once for a domain?
Something happened and I need to resubmit A LOT of sitemaps across a lot of domains.
Is there any way I can submit all sitemaps/all errorful sitemaps per domain even? It would make things easier for ...
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When does Google Webmaster Tools re-evaluate re-submitted sitemaps?
When I alter and re-submit a sitemap does GWTs immediately re-evaluate it or do I have to wait 'til GoogleBot crawls our site again?
I just re-submitted a problematic sitemap and it now displays ...
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Google Webmaster Tools says my XML sitemap “appears to be an HTML page”
We're running a lot of sites and we've started to get a lot of these errors in Webmaster Tools:
Sitemap is HTML
Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a supported sitemap format ...
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Do or don't submit the comment-feed of your blog?
A commentsfeed (of a blog) might serve perfectly as a commentssitemap. I'm wondering if it's a good idea to submit this feed to Google's webmaster tools.
What are the pros & cons?
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webmaster tools - Network Unreachable
webmaster tools for my site displays that
robots.txt unreachable
and for all links in sitemap it says network unreachable.
sitemap.xml unreachable.
These appear in crawl stats page.
I discussed ...
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YAHOO and BING support for Index, Image and Mobile sitemaps
I know Google webmaster supports submitting Image, mobile, video and other types of sitemaps. YAHOO also mentions about mobile site map here. But does it support Image and video sitemaps.
I could not ...
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Sitemap XML version vs simple text (urls list) version, do you know what are the pros?
I usualy submit simple text urls list as sitemap on Google webmaster tools. It's just a matter of simplicity, a simple text file is lightweight, easier to read also for humans (actually for me). :)
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The Sitemap Paradox
We use a sitemap on Stack Overflow, but I have mixed feelings about it.
Web crawlers usually discover pages from links within the site and from other sites. Sitemaps supplement this data to allow ...
