Title: Error Message
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Error Message

 *  [bailbondsaaadenver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bailbondsaaadenver/)
 * (@bailbondsaaadenver)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-253/)
 * I get the following message from Google Webmaster Tools. I have not a clue what
   to do. If someone can put it in simple terms I’d appreciate.
 * Errors
    Sitemap is HTML Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a
   supported sitemap format instead.

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-253/#post-4212731)
 * You are uploading a file of the wrong format, look for a file named “sitemap.**
   xml**” and not “sitemap.html”.

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