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  • **unknown user**

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    Link to this post Posted: Nov 21, 2006 - 12:46 PM
    It has come to my attention, that Microsoft AND Yahoo! are also accepting Google's Sitemap protocol. You can read it here.

    So, I'm trying to get the sitemap submitted to both MS and Yahoo! by following the how-to that's found here. So, we need to call an URL, and urlencode the URL to the sitemap, which I'm using urlencode() function for.

    So, to submit the (google)sitemap to msn search, for me the URL, which i think to be correct, would be: http://search.live.com/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Fzartoxide.xs4all.nl%2Findex.php%3Fname%3Dgooglesitemap

    Just the reply I'm getting back from msn-search is an error.

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    Bad format while processing ping.

    What did I do wrong here? tried normal URL, urlencode() & rawurlencode()

    For Yahoo! Search I didn't yet found the correct URL to submit the sitemap too, working on that, and will update the post if i found it icon_razz
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    Link to this post Posted: Nov 21, 2006 - 02:32 PM
    hey Zar,
    the usr should be :

    Code

    http://search.live.com/ping?sitemap=http%3A%2F%2Fzartoxide.xs4all.nl%2Findex.php%3Fmodule%3Dgooglesitemap


    the change being ?module not ?name ..give that a try.. let us know. thanks.

    take it easy!
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    Link to this post Posted: Nov 21, 2006 - 03:28 PM
    Both ?name= and ?module= gives the same content. Which makes both urls legit. ATM im having on Google and on Yahoo the sitemaps submitted using ?name= and both work fine.
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    The information on sitemaps.org is total bullshit. The ping stuff just doesn't work. You need an account befor you can ping, which is saying: hey, the sitemap has updated. Google downloads my sitemap once a day or so, which means pinging it is a total useless thing. Not sure how often Yahoo! will download it. It's still pending , both the sitemap as the verification file simular to google's file.
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    Some background from MSN/Microsoft/Live search: MSN Search blog where you can read they are aiming to have it working in 2007. So pinging won't even work either :-p
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    For Yahoo! you also need an account, which can be read here
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    I'm getting sick and tired BTW for all those account to be needed. Specially on this thing as a sitemap. I rather see a new meta-tag that's being used by all SE's like:

    Code

     

    or:

    Code

     

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    I don't need like 50 account just to be found on the net icon_mad
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    Link to this post Posted: Nov 21, 2006 - 03:34 PM
    argh...
    My enters are stripped when using code-tags, my HTML are stripped inside the code tags... Bleh...

    well, what was stripped:
    1) meta name="sitemap" content="index.php?name=googlesitemap"
    2) link rel="sitemap" href="index.php?name=googlesitemap"

    If all SE's would accept this type, then all would be cool, not?
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    Link to this post Posted: Nov 21, 2006 - 04:43 PM
    a meta tag would be a good idea.. similar to googles webmaster tools meta.

    I agree about the login thing.. it seems all attempts at a unified login have failed. passport, OpenID..etc.
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    Link to this post Posted: Dec 03, 2006 - 12:22 AM
    I was wondering, is there an easy way, to add another template to this module?

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    googlesitemap_user_main.htm

    This template gives the Sitemaps protocol output. Which works great, also the module works good, nothing wrong with that. But..

    If it would be possible to edit the module a bit, and have it to be able to have an (x)HTML output, it can be used by other SE's as a sitemap.

    I've done it once to copy the module, and edit everything in it to an other name for a new module, but if it can be done with a few adjustments to the current module, by adding a parameter or something. I'd be less work.
    Something like calling the module: index.php?module=googlesitemap&type=HTML which uses a different template.

    I think the /modules/googlesitemap/pnuserapi/main.php could need some changes to accomplish that by looking at it, just don't know what to change.

    Edit: it just crossed my mind, since the sitemap is in XML, the XML could be used to parse it. And output it in whatever sort of format. Meaning there won't be another DB-extensive action to make another type of output. I'll look into that..



    edited by: ZarToXidE, Dec 03, 2006 - 01:47 PM

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