Sitemap is a big issue - My site is almost dead

[sandrose]

The problem occured when I upgraded from from 4.2 to vb 5 . My site is now almost dead, the number of visitors from 500 to 37 because of sitemap problem which I could'nt find what exactly the problem.

The google sitemaps shows errors in all files:

Please see attachments.

Could you please help me to solve this critical issue.

Sitemap:

http://www.sandroses.com/abbs/core/xmlsitemap.php?fn=vbulletin_sitemap_starter_17.xml.gz

Regards,

[glennrocksvb]

This is not related to sitemap but the Google Analytics script on your page throws a js error. You should not include the <script></script> tags in the Google Analytics code in AdminCP as the footer template already adds these tags.

[sandrose]

I removed tags from the google anlystics code , I hope this can solve the problem.

[Mark.B]

Have you tried rebuilding the sitemap manually and then re-submitting it?
I remember someone having an issue whereby the sitemap was corrupted when build automatically, yet fine when built manually.

[sandrose]

Yes, I rebuilt the sitemap manually many times but nothing happen.

[sandrose]

This is critical issue, and I hope I can fix it.

[Zachery]

The sitemap is not a critical issue. The sitemap is not a make you or break you feature. The sitemap working does not increase your traffic 10 fold, and then when not working decrease it.

[Wayne Luke]

The site map doesn't bring traffic to your site or improve your Google Search rankings. What does it links to your content from external sites. The more links you have the better off you will be in the search engine results. What the site maps does is help spider your site and get it into the index, something that happens naturally anyway.

However I suspect your issue is with your language. Since your images don't show anything that we can take action on, it will be difficult to resolve.

[jdj]

This is not related to sitemap but the Google Analytics script on your page throws a js error. You should not include the <script></script> tags in the Google Analytics code in AdminCP as the footer template already adds these tags.

I have just upgraded my live site to vB5. Where is the best place in vB5 to put the Google Analytics code?

[Zachery]

Put your GA code into the GA box in the settings area, follow the instructions for it.

[Wayne Luke]

Settings -> Options -> Google Analytics.

[glennrocksvb]

And remember not to include the <script></script> tags in the GA box. The footer template is already adding them when it fetches the GA code.

[sandrose]

I remove the <script></script> tags in the GA box but still I received unknow errors in the sitemaps.

Is the problem due to the Arabic characters in the url???

[Zachery]

your GA code has nothing to do with your sitemap.

[sandrose]

your GA code has nothing to do with your sitemap.

Is the language really the problem???

I use the Xenforo for the other site www.saudibenaa.com and the sitemaps are indexed in Google without any issue.

[sandrose]

Many errors in my forum sitemap again and again.

see the attachment

[Wayne Luke]

Unfortunately your screenshot gives absolutely no information about what the error is or how it can be resolved. Having a list of urls and a list saying each one has an error is not helpful.

[TravelTalk]

Settings -> Options -> Google Analytics.

I hate to bump old threads, but I can't find Google Analytics in Options
running 5.3.2

Thanks