SiteMaps. HTML and XML ???

[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.

 

[Hot-text]

You may need to ask Google for help !

there
Google Sitemap / XML
<<<<
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=156184there
Yahoo Map / Text <<<< https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/submit >>>
there
Html Map <<<< for your Webpage >>>>>
there

and there
http://wonderwebware.com/sitemap-generator/
<<< Do not use this to crawl 3-rd party sites without their permission >>>

 

[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.

 

[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

 

[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

 

[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.

 

[Hot-text]

TRUE

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

 

[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.

 

[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,,