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WizardFusion
07-19-2007, 11:18 AM
Hi guys.
My indexing is working great with no problems. Since my new site is due to go live very soon, I decided to turn on the sitemap building option, but the Google XML format is only generating empty files...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<sitemapindex xmlns="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap/0.84">
<sitemap>
<loc>http://www.[url_goes_here].co.uk/sitemap.xml</loc>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex>
and

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


The Yahoo format file is generating OK.

I am using 5.1.1002 Pro.

Thank you

wrensoft
07-19-2007, 12:00 PM
A Sitemap Base URL is required to generate a XML sitemap. This is because a Google Sitemap can only contain URLs within the base URL of where the sitemap files are to be hosted. This also means that you can not create a sitemap which contains URLs spanning across multiple domains. Zoom will automatically exclude any URLs indexed (or any recommended links) which is not within the specified Sitemap Base URL.

You can specify a Sitemap Base URL on the sitemap tab of the Zoom configuration window.

WizardFusion
07-19-2007, 12:06 PM
Ah, I was entering the Sitemap Base URL as what I wanted it to be, not what it actually is.

My Fault.! :)

Thank you