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Hi...
Pages has found all my pages. I have run sitemap. It has found all my pages.
Google done nothing as says "zero" pages...
Go to the sitemap link and it is empty: https://xxxx.co.uk/sitemap-4seo.xml
So.... nothing happening.
I have been through Pages and said "Yes" to all the pages I want added the sitemap.
But still nothing.
I am hoping you may be able to help.
Adam
Just FYI... I have told Google Manually by giving it the link: https://xxxx.co.uk/sitemap.en-GB.4seo.1.xml.gz
But I was hoping to not have to do that each time.
(Just to be clear, Google definitely isn't able to read the XML file itself.... I left it for a week or so and it still said zero pages)
Hi
Just FYI... I have told Google Manually by giving it the link: https://xxxx.co.uk/sitemap.en-GB.4seo.1.xml.gz
Please don't do that, you should remove this from Google. This is just a partial file
Google definitely isn't able to read the XML file itself.
The main sitemap file is perfectly readable, you can test it yourself in your browser. What makes you think Google cannot read it? have you seen an error message saying they can't read it? if they were not able to read it, there would be an actual error message with an error code.
The only issue I see here is that someone added the "Crawl-delay" directive to the robots.txt, which is not supported by Google. I can't say if this is causing an issue but I would definitely remove it anyway, just to be sure.
Best regards
Yannick Gaultier
weeblr.com / @weeblr
OK... I am probably misunderstanding how it works.
I will do as you ask. But, Just FYI, when I view the XML file in the browser, it just refers to the zip file and has nothing else in it. See screenshot attached.
I will adjust the robots.txt.... and see what happens.
thanks again
Adam
Hi
when I view the XML file in the browser, it just refers to the zip file and has nothing else in it. See screenshot attached.
Exactly as it should. You have only one file there because there's less than 1000 URLs listed, in only one language. Sitemap content is split per language, and then per 1000 URLs. So you only have one "partial" file, but other sites will have several. In all cases, the pages are listed in the partial files, never in the main index sitemap file.
Best regards
Yannick Gaultier
weeblr.com / @weeblr
Thank you so much for your help. Sorry I didn't fully understand it.
I can confirm that I have told Google to look at th XML now...
A trickyness with the Robots.txt is that the Crawl-delay is being added dynamically (somehow - it's definitely not in the raw "robots.txt" file)... so, I will just need to work out what is doing that.
Thanks again for your help.
Hi
Crawl-delay is being added dynamically
By what? another extension on your site? or maybe your hosting company?
I have not seen this line being added before honestly, as Google basically decide when they crawl. Also, I'm not sure this has anything to do with that. The real question is more:
What makes you think Google cannot read it? have you seen an error message saying they can't read it? if they were not able to read it, there would be an actual error message with an error code.
Best regards
Yannick Gaultier
weeblr.com / @weeblr
