Yellow Warning Sign In Google Sitemap.

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by nickjason, Jul 19, 2009.

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    Google is showing a yellow triangle "warnings" in web master tools against the sitemap. I can't see anything wrong - it appears to be downloading it and saying success - last downloaded 15 hours ago. I can't see anything odd in the Google diagnostic panel. This is the site map:

    [external links are visible to admins only]

    I tried resubmitting it and waiting a day but it is still showing the yellow triangle.

    My traffic is going down too!
     
    nickjason, Jul 19, 2009 IP
  2. Zirkon Kalti

    Zirkon Kalti Well-Known Member

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    There must be errors with your sitemap. Check the code in your sitemap to see if they are in the correct format.
     
    Zirkon Kalti, Jul 20, 2009 IP
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    AnalystAdrian Peon

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    Just in case you don't realise - if you click on the name of the sitemap (eg /sitemap.xml) it then tells you what the problems are that Google is reporting.

    I didn't know this so spent months trying to find out why I was seeing a yellow triangle for different sites - I couldn't find the answer in the forums possibly because other users assume its obvious - things always are once you know!
     
    AnalystAdrian, Aug 17, 2011 IP
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    unknownpray Active Member

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    There is an error with your sitemap or one of the URLs in your sitemap.Maybe there is a URL that takes more time to load than usual. I had the same error on my site and I searched for every possible reason and this was what I came up with.
     
    unknownpray, Aug 23, 2011 IP