[ASK] Why my Sitemap.XML always has a problem?

Discussion in 'Blogging' started by devon, Jul 16, 2011.

  1. #1
    Hi,

    I want to know why my sitemap.xml always find like this in my Google Webmaster tool:

    "95863 Parsing error We were unable to read your Sitemap. It may contain an entry we are unable to recognize. Please validate your Sitemap before resubmitting"

    Every time I submit the Sitemap.XML always like this.

    Can you help me guys solve me this problem? Thanks!

    Regards
     
    devon, Jul 16, 2011 IP
  2. waziuz

    waziuz Active Member

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    Where and how did you create the sitemap. Is it inside Wordpress or somewhere else.
     
    waziuz, Jul 17, 2011 IP
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    FoxIX Well-Known Member

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    Could you let us see the xml file you are attempting to submit to Google? It sounds like the file is malformed.
     
    FoxIX, Jul 17, 2011 IP
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    devon Well-Known Member

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    I haven't seen an xml that's been generated by a wordpress plugin before, but everything looks okay. Have you tried creating one directly using xml-sitemaps from Google? If that works, then there is a problem with the plugin itself.
     
    FoxIX, Jul 19, 2011 IP
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    I see this when I am trying to open using FF browser.

    What plugin did you use. That seems to be malformed. Use either Google XML sitemap plugin or Yoast SEO plugin and it should be formed fine.
     
    waziuz, Jul 19, 2011 IP