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#10559 – Invalid Sitemap

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Sunday, 19 November 2023 17:23 UTC

jtausa

Invalid Sitemap

https://example.com/sitemap.es-ES.4seo.2.xml

The sitemap is blank. I tested with https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/validate-xml-sitemap.html :

Errors

[23] EntityRef: expecting ';' on line 1135

[23] EntityRef: expecting ';' on line 1135

[23] EntityRef: expecting ';' on line 1141

[23] EntityRef: expecting ';' on line 1141

Monday, 20 November 2023 11:23 UTC

wb_weeblr

The sitemap is blank.

Sitemap is "visually" blank - because the stylesheet is not loaded, but that's OK, it does not matter for search engines.

But the actual issue is caused by a specific image URL that you have on one page:

https://example.com/articulos-y-ensayos/429-cuban-dissidents-long-to-hear-pope-francis-preach-religious-liberty

There's an image with a URL:

http://www.example.com/-mm-/9065941e142eb769bb76794c742e08d1e14ee558/r=300/http/www.example.com/-mm-/f55cf756624b3a8cc6e1b2af599a6d0acfb7b137/c=0-52-1024-631&r=x633&c=1200x630/local/-/media/2015/09/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/635783521943594218-MCGUIRE.JPG

And when 4SEO puts that URL in the sitemap, the encoding of the & sign is wrong. This is because these URLs are invalid. This part:

c=0-52-1024-631&r=x633&c=1200x630

should be percent-encoded:

c%3D0-52-1024-631%26r%3Dx633%26c%3D1200x630

as the character & is not allowed in the path of a URL.

Correcting the image URLs should fix the problem in the sitemap - but you will need to update the 4SEO data for that page. For instance, after fixing the URL issue, you should use the "Add/refresh" button on the Pages page to let 4SEO update the data it has for this page.

Best regards

Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr

Monday, 20 November 2023 17:41 UTC

jtausa

I removed the image and updated the 4SEO data for that page to fix the URL issue, I used the "Add/refresh" button on the page to let 4SEO update the data it has for this page.
How I can test if the problem is fixed?

Monday, 20 November 2023 17:42 UTC

jtausa

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Monday, 20 November 2023 18:24 UTC

wb_weeblr

How I can test if the problem is fixed?

The problem will be fixed when the sitemap will have been rebuilt.

Best is to force an analysis from the admin:

- Go to Pages

- In the Settings under Site analysis, click Reset analysis

- Click Analyze now from the toolbar

- let it go until complete

- then go to sitemap to check the #2 sub-file is ok

Best regards

Yannick Gaultier

weeblr.com / @weeblr

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