Hi @mbrsolution , please actually read my message because I don’t need a new support thread. I am just confirming that like @apblog the solution was to stop blocking ‘fake’ googlebots.
Hi @faracademy, I understand what you mean. However I have been using Yoast SEO and this plugin for many years and I have never experienced this issue.
However, if you would like us to try and troubleshoot your issue please consider opening a new support thread. It is always best to troubleshoot one issue per user at a time.
Thank you for also sharing your issue and thoughts.
Kind regards.
Hi @mbrsolution,
Just want to add that I have too have just had this problem and its down to the block all fake Googlebots setting. I turn this off, test the sitemap and it works again.
Something the developers need to look at as its really damaging to websites!
Thanks
Steven
Hi @nicksws, I just carried out another test in my site just to verify this again. It is working well in my site and Google.
For my test I typed the following URL in the browser mysite.com/sitemap_index.xml and it works for me.
I also forgot to mentioned and point out the title of this thread which is, AIOWPS blocking sitemap_index.xms generated by Yoast
In the above, the URL ends in xms. That does not work for me in my site. I am not sure if that was a typo error or not. It should be sitemap_index.xml.
Let me know if the above helps in any way.
Kind regards
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This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by mbrsolution.