Submitted xml file but Google says "Sitemap is not in a supported format"

Hello everyone! I submitted a sitemap in XML format for my site an hour ago, generated it by http://www.auditmypc.com/free-sitemap-generator.asp
Now it shows the error "Your Sitemap does not appear to be in a supported format. Please ensure it meets our Sitemap guidelines and resubmit."
Here is the file page on my site http://www.modernights.com/sitemap.xml
Please help me if anybody knows whats wrong.

 

The file format is wrong, you probably don't selected the right option.
Try to create it again with the same tool of a new one.

Here's a long list of tools
http://www.google.com/search?q=onli...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

 

I am trying to figure out what exactely is wrong with it. There are just two options after you generate your sitemap: to save it in "plain" or "xml" formats. I went step by step according to guidelines of this tool. Can you guys please lokk it up here: www. modernights.com/sitemap.xml

 

here is the format i am using: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>

 

Also make sure that it has valid xml syntax

Google Sitemap Validator

 

It does, and the tool says "The document is well-formed"

 

Your file uses <entry> tags that is not a valid Sitemap protocol tag.
Have a look here http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php how a sitemap file looks like.

 

how to add sitemap in your website

 

Try using the sitemap generator tool available at http://devintelligence.com/SitemapGenerator/

I use this one for all the sites requiring a sitemap.xml file and never had an issue yet.

 

If <entry> tag is the problem, is it possible to edit the existing file?

 

Well, it's impossible to use this generator when there are thousands of pages to submit.

 

Hi russianzio,

I beg to differ. I have recently used this application to create and submit a sitemap with just over 11,000 pages.

The one on the ebooks site below is over 3000 pages and was also created with this tool.

Rick

 

If website size is a problem, you can also try A1 Sitemap Generator.

Can easily scan 100.000+ page websites.

However, if you need to scan websites bigger than 100.000 or have a computer with a low amount of memory, I recommend to configure the program for scanning large websites first!