Posted 2 years ago #
I installed sitemaps plugin (latest but not beta) for wordpress (latest version). i added http://www.mysite.com/sitemap.xml in google sitemaps and it showed that url not accesable.
i changed the option to enable google yahoo technorati to be able to access my site. then i checked if there is sitemaps.xml and sitemaps.xml.gz (both in utf8 format) in the top directory of my site. everything is there. but still google says url not acesable.
what do i do now?
Which sitemap plugin? That's a half dozen. Also please remember that versions are numbers, not 'latest' for a reason. For example latest version of Firefox is the 3-alpha.
Check to see if the files generated are readable worldride. Should be set to 644 or 666.
See here for more details.
Hope this helps,
-drmike
Posted 2 years ago #
my files show 644. but google says
URL restricted by robots.txt
We encountered an error while trying to access your Sitemap. Please ensure your Sitemap follows our guidelines and can be accessed at the location you provided and then resubmit.
when i try to add my sitemap ie.,
http://www.mysite.com/sitemap.xml
any solutions?
Posted 2 years ago #
the sitemaps plugin is
http://www.arnebrachhold.de/2005/06/05/google-sitemaps-generator-v2-final
version number 2.7.1
URL restricted by robots.txt
What's in your robots.txt file?
Posted 2 years ago #
No, that's not okay. That will prevent Google or any other search engine from indexing your site.
Remove the file entirely if you want to be listed on Google and other search engines.
Posted 2 years ago #
how to remove the file. where does the file reside. i opened ftp and could not find a file names robots.txt.
what should i do now?
Talk to your host. Only they can help you resolve that situation.
Posted 2 years ago #
i uninstalled the google sitemaps plugin and installed the beta version of the same google sitemaps plugin and it worked. thanks for your replies.
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