Your Google Sitemap

[beebrothers]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

Thanks for the info...link is on my home page and everything seems to be working...

questions is:

i read above, i think, that the ror.xml is for google? what does yahoo and msn want?

tia

[beebrothers]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

ok yahoo says i have to authenicate my site
so i made a page called it y_key_bb16650bab36b679.html and published it

then i dont understand how to enter the content (b1e44ea1f03216ca).

they said download it and insert it into the page, but how...i did it two ways one as text and another as html with the file inserted...

but that still doesnt solve the yahoo site map format, cant locate it on their site

not sure how to what i'm doing :)

[beebrothers]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

or do i upload the .html file the gave me to public_html as is?

[beebrothers]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

hmm.

[Bethers]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

I think you are missing a step with yahoo - I believe they want you to put that info into the head section of your page - so they can authenticate that you are the owner - not that they are asking for you to make a page of that name.

Since I'm going by past experience, and not recently, I'm unable to say for sure this is what is happening - but go back to the directions step-by-step - and see if that's correct - if so, you need to take that string and insert it into the proper place on the page html (right click on the page and put it where told - either body or head).

[beebrothers]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

o i c..i cant get the directions back because it is pending authorization...what a pain...

this is what is showing now:
Please keep the file y_key_bb16650bab36b679.html on your site and do not change the content (b1e44ea1f03216ca). We will authenticate your site ownership by checking this file within 24 hours.

[beebrothers]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

these are the directions:
Download an authentication key (DO NOT change the file name or content):
If you have problem with downloading the authentication key, please create a text file named as y_key_55e1a31225dfc513.html, put this string ed604720f62e5221 into the file.


Upload the verification file to your site.
Please upload the key file that you downloaded or created yourself at the root level of your site directory.
The expected file path is http://www.beebrothers.org/y_key_55e1a31225dfc513.html.


i don't get it?

[navaldesign]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

If Yahoo works like Google, then yes, you got that ok. Google asks for a page to be created and published on your site, in the public_html folder. This page is to be named after the key they gave you, so their crawler looks for the key page, and automatically captures your identity.

If Yahoo is using the same system (which i don't know) then you have done things ok.

[nzbr]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

Hi Brad,
I've been folwing your recommendations regarding creat a site map. I've done it all and I'm about to creat a 'discrret hiperlink' on my home page as you have sugested. My questions are: will this link be visible and available for the people click on? What do I do next? The idea is to creat it so google can index my page fast and I get info about my site, isn't it? How do I do that?
Hope to hear from you soon and thanks a lot!
Flavio

[nzbr]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

Hi There!
What do I do after creating a hyperlink to ror form my homepage?
People will be able to clik on it? What happens next?
Sorry but I've been folowing your advices regarding site map and now I don't know what do next.
Really appreciate your help.
Thanks a lot,
Flavio

[navaldesign]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

A discrete link to the ror file can be a small size font word like "Sitemap" or "ror" or their own small "ror" image. It is not important that people click on it (although they will be able to). The important is that SE spiders will see it and they will then trace your ror file, thus finding your pages described in it.

[nzbr]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

Thanks a lot 'navaldesign' for your help!

I've put the link on the last picture on the right (guy playing golf). But when you click on it, comes up an error message. When u have some time would u check it for me and tell me what i'm doing wrong?
site is: nzbrtours.com

(I've been trying hard to make my site 'google friendly', choosing the right key words,etc...and now following your advices regarding site map)

thanks again,
Flavio

[nzbr]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

other problem (i think): when I created the link the following line apeared on the html code of the page:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

this line s even above <html> at the very begining of the code. (you can see it when you click VIEW>>>>PAGE HTML) is it right, this line on the very top of the codes?

thanks
Flavio

[navaldesign]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

Can't see anything wrong with your homepage code. it's clear. Maybe you have fixed it in the meantime ?

However, seems like the "ror.xml" file is not uploaded on your site. You need to get the file (or code, depends on what option you have selected when you created your sitemap) and upload it in your "public_html".

[larthestar]

Re: Your Google Sitemap

I seem to have a problem with the Google sitemap and the ROR sitemap. When they are created there are no individual urls listed. It seems to stop at the homepage. Help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Larry