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  • Comunicare
    Comunicare last edited by Oct 16, 2012, 7:59 AM

    Hey there,

    Hope you guys can help. We get the following error: Nested indexing. Another Sitemap index refers to the index of sitemaps.

    The thing is that we cant find the error they are talking about.

    Thanks!!!!

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    • Comunicare
      Comunicare @Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by Oct 26, 2012, 5:45 AM Oct 26, 2012, 5:45 AM

      Looks like it worked!.

      We send 123.000 urls and it only indexed 9.000....Is that because we had 2 sitemap index, and it takes time?.

      Thanks again!

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      • Martijn_Scheijbeler
        Martijn_Scheijbeler @Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by Oct 25, 2012, 3:51 PM Oct 25, 2012, 3:51 PM

        I would say yes if you also delete the sitemap from the Google Webmaster Tools Sitemap division. Than Google knows what sitemap(s) to use.

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        • Comunicare
          Comunicare @Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by Oct 25, 2012, 12:05 PM Oct 25, 2012, 12:05 PM

          Martijn,

          Sorry to bother you.

          One more question, should we erase http://cursos.workea.org/sitemap.xml file once we have the the sitemaps that are in this sitemap index in the original one?

          Thanks

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          • Comunicare
            Comunicare @Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by Oct 24, 2012, 11:38 AM Oct 24, 2012, 11:38 AM

            Will do! and let you know if it worked.

            Thank you very much Martijn

            Cheers!

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            • Martijn_Scheijbeler
              Martijn_Scheijbeler @Comunicare last edited by Oct 24, 2012, 5:51 AM Oct 24, 2012, 5:51 AM

              Hi Eduardo,

              Yepm, like expected. The first sitemap you mentioned is an sitemap index file. But the http://cursos.workea.org/sitemap.xml is also a sitemap index. Within the Google policies that's not possible. You should directly include the sitemaps of your http://cursos.workea.org/sitemap.xml file in your first and only sitemap index file.

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              • MatthewBarby
                MatthewBarby @Comunicare last edited by Oct 24, 2012, 5:48 AM Oct 24, 2012, 5:48 AM

                Hi Eduardo,

                I have just tried to access the http://cursos.workea.org/sitemap.xml sitemap and it is coming up with a 404 error.

                Are you sure that you have placed the sitemap in the root folder of the subdomain? Try deleting it from the server and then re-uploading it again.

                Matt.

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                • Comunicare
                  Comunicare last edited by Oct 24, 2012, 5:27 AM Oct 24, 2012, 5:27 AM

                  Thank you very much...

                  This is our sitemapindex: http://www.workea.org/sitemap.xml, and this is the sitemap where we are having besting troubles http://cursos.workea.org/sitemap.xml

                  Lest see if you guys could help us!

                  Thanks!

                  MatthewBarby Martijn_Scheijbeler 2 Replies Last reply Oct 24, 2012, 5:51 AM Reply Quote 0
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                  • Martijn_Scheijbeler
                    Martijn_Scheijbeler last edited by Oct 16, 2012, 11:00 AM Oct 16, 2012, 11:00 AM

                    Hi Eduardo,

                    This topic/ question might help you out, it was asked a couple of weeks ago. And I think it could provide you with an answer: http://www.seomoz.org/q/sitemap-nested-indexing-this-sitemap-index-is-referenced-by-another-sitemap-index

                    Hope this helps,
                    Martijn.

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                    • MatthewBarby
                      MatthewBarby last edited by Oct 16, 2012, 10:17 AM Oct 16, 2012, 10:17 AM

                      Hi Eduardo,

                      Do you have multiple sitemaps that are shown in an initial index? If so, it may be that there is a problem here.

                      Try just making the sitemap's name sitemap.xml, and making sure it is within the root domain folder. If this is already done then you will need to drop us a link to your sitemap to take a look,

                      Matt.

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                      • Adam.Whittles
                        Adam.Whittles last edited by Oct 16, 2012, 8:05 AM Oct 16, 2012, 8:05 AM

                        If you provide I link to your sitemap, I could take a look and see what may be causing the issue.

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