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Google Analytics & Sitemaps
ercatli
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I have a very small Vanilla forum as part of a larger site and I have Google Analytics - I use the Sidebar extension to install the Analytics code. I have also sent Google a Sitemap generated by running a python command - sounds like I know what I'm doing, but don't be fooled!
It works fine, but I get a bunch of HTTP 403 (forbidden) warnings & errors from Google Sitemaps because my sitemap shows many files which are not html pages and hence cannot be accessed by Google's robot - mostly all the Vanilla php files which generate the pages. I'm assuming everyone who uses Google Sitemaps gets the same problem.
(In addition, some of the directories (actually folders - I use a Mac) also generate errors, but others do not. I can't figure why that would be, but I'll only ask the Vanilla-related question here.)
I have asked how to sort out these errors on the Google Analytics forum, and have received some answers, but they are not (so far) very satisfactory. Does anyone here use Google Sitemaps and therefore have the same warnings and errors, and if so, how did you solve the "problem"?
Thanks
It works fine, but I get a bunch of HTTP 403 (forbidden) warnings & errors from Google Sitemaps because my sitemap shows many files which are not html pages and hence cannot be accessed by Google's robot - mostly all the Vanilla php files which generate the pages. I'm assuming everyone who uses Google Sitemaps gets the same problem.
(In addition, some of the directories (actually folders - I use a Mac) also generate errors, but others do not. I can't figure why that would be, but I'll only ask the Vanilla-related question here.)
I have asked how to sort out these errors on the Google Analytics forum, and have received some answers, but they are not (so far) very satisfactory. Does anyone here use Google Sitemaps and therefore have the same warnings and errors, and if so, how did you solve the "problem"?
Thanks
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If you do, do you have any problems like I've outlined above? Thanks
I'm still a bit mystified how come Google's own sitemap generator gives a sitemap that generates errors, and I still don't know if this one avoids those problems, but I'm presuming so. I'll give it a try. Thanks again.