SiteMaps. HTML and XML ???

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Michael Hutch

Hello,

I have used FP 2003 to put up these sites

www.diabetes-your-blood-sugar-usa.com/
www.diabetes-your-blood-sugar.com/
www.diabetes-your-blood-sugar-canada.com/
www.diabetes-your-blood-sugar-uk.com/
www.diabetes-your-blood-sugar-australia.com/
www.diabetes-your-blood-sugar-india.com/

I submitted both my htm and xml sitemaps to Google (Webmaster tools) as
follows:

I submitted the FP 2003 sitemap.htm file.

I submitted the sitemap.xml file after saving a copy of my website using
expression web with the 'add-on' for xml sitemaps etc. This generated the
sitemap.xml file nicely.


The xml sitemap (sitemapl .xml) is fine and the Crawler likes it .

I read the Google Webmaster Guidelines and thought both the submitted
sitemaps would be ok.

However regarding the sitemap.htm, I get the following error in in Sitemaps
in webmaster tools:

"Sitemap is HTML. Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a
supported sitemap format instead."


I have read the Google Webmaster Guidelines thoroughly, and they say to
submit both types of sitemaps. as I have done. Now I get the error message
above.

I am at a loss of what to do. I would appreciate some advice on what to do
next.

Michael Hutch.
 
R

Ronx

Last time I read the Google webmaster tools (several months ago), they only
wanted the XML version for the crawler, and recommended a Python script to
generate it, though as Hot-Text suggests and you have found, there are
alternative generators.

An HTML site map for the website (linked to from at least the home page) is
generally a good thing, provided it makes sense to human users.
--
Ron Symonds
Microsoft MVP (Expression Web)
http://www.rxs-enterprises.org/fp

Reply only to group - emails will be deleted unread.
 
M

Michael Hutch

I suspect i dont need to submit a htm. sitemap to google if i have submitted
an xml sitemap.

However, i can always have a htm.sitemap for my users.

Thanks guys. i'm clear now. i dont need to submit a htm.sitemap to google
othertwise it will just say error bc they want a xml one !

Thanks Michael Hutch
 
H

Hot-text

are you looking to be # one
if you do a Search on YAHOO << keyword >>> hot text <<< I # One
But on Bing I not on the top ten pages
and a week ago I was # two O'boy how fast we go down <LOOL>

Google Crawl my website 24-7-365 days a year
and I be lucky to be on 1,0000 search page..
if I pay Google a $100,000 I maybe #1 for a days
but I a poor boy and pay no one and make no Crawl maps and is #one on
YAHOO
<<Hmm
 
J

Jon Spivey

Right. The xml sitemap is for google - the html sitemap is for users but
Google will find it on your site if wants to.
 
R

Raheel

Sitemaps are a way to tell Google about pages on your site we might not
otherwise discover. In its simplest terms, a XML Sitemap—usually called
Sitemap, with a capital S—is a list of the pages on your website. Creating
and submitting a Sitemap helps make sure that Google knows about all the
pages on your site, including URLs that may not be discoverable by Google's
normal crawling process.
 
H

Hot-text

All links are discoverable by Google's with out a Sitemaps 200 Ok
it's for the 404 Not Found, is why we make Sitemaps for the
Crawl-?.googlebot.com
So that Google Crawl will stop look for Files Not Found that we Delete,,
 

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