Google Sitemap Error

  • Resolved igolfchip

    (@igolfchip)


    7 years, 8 months ago

    Google’s new search console reports an error due to the format of the sitemap generated by SEO Framework (example: https://www.fusion3design.com/sitemap.xml)

    “Your Sitemap appears to be an HTML page. Please use a supported sitemap format instead.”

    Not sure how critical this is, but suggests that all the HTML formatting should be stripped away to ensure 100% google acceptance / compliance.

    • This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by igolfchip.
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  • Plugin Author Sybre Waaijer

    (@cybr)

    7 years, 8 months ago

    Hi there!

    I think they’re showing a false positive, or they’ve encountered a 404-page whilst crawling due to WP Rewrite issues. In either case, this should be resolved automatically, as the sitemap’s showing correctly; and, there’s no HTML-formatting in the .xml file.

    The HTML (and CSS) formatting is done via the .xsl file (example.com/sitemap.xsl), but Google doesn’t–nor shouldn’t–pick this up.

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Sybre Waaijer. Reason: more info
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