Your Google Sitemap

[davidundalicia]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

I have checked your ror link on your home page and you MUST change the text link to read:

http://willowscandles.com.au/ror.xml

Google cannot find it because your link reads as:

http://willowscandles.com.au/ror/xml

replace the last / with a period and then thats it......................

[willows]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

I changed it the other night when you told me to. Where are you seeing this. Its in my edit hyperlink as www.willowscandles.com.au/ror.xml
Where are you reading it differently and where can I change it since this is the only place that I put it.
Leanne

[davidundalicia]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

Its on your home page....did you re-publish your home page after you made the changes.....

[willows]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

I just went onto the ror file and saw the .au/ror/xml but down the buttom of the page it is .au/ror.xml
This is just what the sitemap did when i put in my details, I only have it in my index hyperlink and that is .au/ror.xml so I have no idea how or why its in my link as .au/ror/xml
Is this where you are referring to what you saw. If yes, how do i change that when this is what ror did when I put in for the sitemap?
Am I making any sense here??
And yes i did republish it, several times actually!
Leanne

[willows]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

You dont think its because I have not uploaded the zipfile do you?

[davidundalicia]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

No Leane, the zip file containing the site mapper program only allows you to create the ror.xml file using your computer.

You apparently have 2 links pointing to your ror.xml file on your home page.

1 is a text link ROR (which is correct) the other one is the full url
http://www.willowscandles.com.au/ror/xml which is wrong......

Check you home page again......

[willows]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

I just deleted the old ror file and did another and the .au/ror/xml has generated in the sitemap again...It also has it at the bottom of it as .au/ror.xml
However I do have it in my index hyperlink as .au/ror.xml
I thought this was going to be an easy task but its worse than doing the website itself.
I must have admit i have not done too badly as on pages 3/4 & 5 at the start when first when on Google on some of my pages (have moved on 1 or 2 pages other way since) but I want to be at the front.....

[davidundalicia]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

FORGET the Zip fille.....................

Click on Top right image (bunch of flowers) and look at the properties and DELETE the link that it contains(www.willowscandles.com.au/ror/xml)....
thats whats causing you all your problems.

[willows]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

I did, I got rid of him and redid my ror but still there. I obviously have another ror in there somewhere but buggar me if I can find him. Will keep searching, thanks so much. Will let you know of outcome. Just have to find the buggar! Thank you David, you are truly too kind : )

[willows]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

Ok, I went onto hyperlink from my index and found him when I used the arrow to drop down everything. Thought I amended him, redid the ror and the .au/ror/xml is no longer on the ror file. however if I go back to the link and drop down the arrow again where it has the http he is still in the column. So the fact that he is not in my ror file do you think it will be safe to submit to google? I don't know how to delete it off the list of all of the www.information but he is definately not on the ror file. What do you think?

[davidundalicia]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

Thats it Leane, you now have the correct ror.xml link on your home page and if you have uploaded the ror.xml file to your website, then you do not need to do anything else.
The next time that google visits your website, it will find your ror sitemap.

Tip: whenever you publish new or changed pages, re-create a new ror.xml file and upload it again. This will then overwrite the old one.

Can I get a discount on one of your fantastic candles now !!!!!!!!!!!!

[willows]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

David my sweet you can have anything you like. I absolutely adore you.
If everyone is as friendly and kind hearted as you in Spain then I will be making my next vacation to Spain. What a kind soul you are!

[willows]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

I am going to cry!!! Google Errored me again!
When you say upload to my website do you mean in the hyperlink section?
Because if you mean the part before when I said the zipfile etc isnt that uploading it? And that is the part the my system will not let me do for some reason.
It said unsupported file format!

[davidundalicia]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

Oh my, now you have me blushing.............there are many more people like myself in these forums always willing to help.
Some times, the biggest problem is trying to communicate and understanding
exactly what the problem is.

You have a very nice site with some excelent products so why not try to improve your method of customer communications.

I.E.:
Create a dynamic contact us page whereby the client can fill out a small contact form and then the form SENDS YOU the email.
Not many people will take the time to copy and paste your email address into thier email client, so its posible that you are losing potential clients/list

Its also feasible to convert your existing text ordering form to an automated fill-in type of form whereby you receive all the details entered, once again by email directly from the form........

Hope you dont mind these tips...........

[davidundalicia]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

Leane, After you have opened the ror program and have entered your website address, the ror program should end by telling you that it has indexed your 12 pages.
Then you have the option to save the results as ror.xml on your computer.

The last thing you must do is to UPLOAD the ror.xml from your computer to your website by using your BV ftp program.

When you open your BV FTP program you should see 2 screens side by side.

The left side consists of files on your computer.
The right side consists of files on your website

To UPLOAD a file from your computer to your website you should
click and drag that file from the left to the right screen
then a small box will appear that shows that its copying the file.

Forgive me if you have done all that, but we must know exactly what you have or havenot done.

back to you Leane............