Status Errors generated from xml site map
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I just ran a crawl test on our site and I'm seeing a lot of 404 errors that are referredt from the xml sitemap.. Anyone know how to fix it?
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If it is automatically generated, then you should bring this up to your Dev team and have them investigate. One of the biggest issues I see is auto generating sitemaps daily.
Good Luck
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Thanks for the tips. The idea of different sitemaps is a good one... I know our file is automatically generated so that's why I'm a but confused.
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If you have ftp access to the site, you should be able to download the xml sitemap and edit it in a text editor program.
Since you have several bad links, I would probably delete them all and create a new one based on your current website. (And if it is a large site, you can have multiple xml sitemaps to keep everything organized and better for you to monitor and track)
There are some great tools out there that will automatically create your sitemaps for you.
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I guess I was asking how to fix the sitemap. I'm a newbie at this so learning by fire.. Thanks for the Webmaster Tools reco... I'll check it out.
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I must not be understanding your question, since my answer would be fix your XML Sitemap? Google Webmaster Tools has a tool that allows you to validate your sitemap.
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