Hi Need some sitemap help please

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by gabainc, Apr 20, 2008.

  1. #1
    i seem to be having trouble with my site map..

    i ahve used a bunch of different sitemap programs online.. and for some reason when i upload it to my server and i got to http://www.wholefoodsupplementsonline.com/sitemap.xml i get this message

    Can anyone guide me how i can fix it..


    The XML page cannot be displayed 
    Cannot view XML input using style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. 
    
    
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    Invalid at the top level of the document. Error processing resource 'http://www.wholefoodsupplementsonline.com/sitemap.xml'...
    
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
    
    Code (markup):

    Thanks in advance i'm going crazy
     
    gabainc, Apr 20, 2008 IP
  2. manish.chauhan

    manish.chauhan Well-Known Member

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    Validate your sitemap here and fix the errors accordingly..
     
    manish.chauhan, Apr 20, 2008 IP
  3. gabainc

    gabainc Active Member

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    Hi I got this documnet is not valid.. Do you recommend a website or software to recreate it... ?

    thanks
     
    gabainc, Apr 20, 2008 IP
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    manish.chauhan Well-Known Member

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  5. gabainc

    gabainc Active Member

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    thanks i worked out how to use the validator and fixed the site map/

    thansk for your time

    but i still dont know why xml-sitemaps.com will not work for me
     
    gabainc, Apr 20, 2008 IP
  6. manish.chauhan

    manish.chauhan Well-Known Member

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    There are not any text link on your website...you have used images for interlinking your pages that are not google friendly...at the left panel you have used java script for links navigation...This is the reason generator could not find other urls of your page..
    To avoid it, good practice is to use of text links instead of javascript or images..it helps you achieving good rankings on SE...
    There are so many other problems in your site as you have included your script within the page that puts extra load on the page hence problem arises during loading of your pages...
     
    manish.chauhan, Apr 20, 2008 IP
  7. objx

    objx Peon

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    Try and remove the first elements in your sitemap and use only the necessary ones:

    Try this:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
    - <urlset xmlns="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84">

    Instead of this:
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
    - <urlset xmlns="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84 http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84/sitemap.xsd">
     
    objx, Apr 24, 2008 IP
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    The worst is really the inconsistent usage of www vs non-www I think
     
    websitetools, Apr 24, 2008 IP
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    thanks everyone i got it fixed...
     
    gabainc, Apr 26, 2008 IP