Help needed!! Why does Google say my Sitemap has errors

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    ashleighg, Jan 10, 2009 IP
  2. Env

    Env Banned

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    What errors?
     
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  3. aguyforyou

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    may be your sitemap did not have XML tag, basically the links are not site map search in google for more infomartion
     
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  4. webrickco

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    a sitemap should have a syntax like the following:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd">
<!--  created with free online xml sitemap generator http://www.webrickco.com/buildsitemap.php  -->
<url>
<loc>http://www.webrickco.com</loc>
</url>
</urlset>
    HTML:
    each <url></url> representing a link on your site. <loc> is the only inner tag that is mandatory, but you can add 3 optional tags to describe your sitemap better (<lastmod>, <changefreq> and <priority>).

    You can read http://www.sitemaps.org for more information on that matter, but how SE uses your sitemap information remains a mystery in lots of aspects.
     
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  5. JenniP

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    What you've given Google is your human readable sitemap, what Google wants is a sitemap in XML format.

    Keep what you have for humans and web robots, but generate yourself an XML sitemap, a common tool a lot of people start out with is Xml Sitemaps. Put your URL in, it will crawl through your site making the Google readable sitemap.

    Also its not just Google that uses it, Yahoo and Live search also can use it.

    Jen
     
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  6. jimmy03

    jimmy03 Well-Known Member

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    AS JenniP mentioned that make your sitemap in XML format.I think your problem will be solved.
    Use sitemap generator to create sitemap for your website.
     
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    Jenn nailed it. I had to look at his post twice before I realized his link wasn't an xml file.
     
    Tropicsforme, Jan 13, 2009 IP