Sitemap troubles!!!

goin4it · 08-23-2011, 09:04 PM

My site has roughly 100,000 urls. When my developer added the xml sitemap he only added 1 sitemap. I have never had a problem with Google crawling or indexing the site until recently. I have read that Google can only crawl up to 50,000 urls within a single sitemap. My developer did not create a second sitemap however in Webmaster Tools it shows a second page to the sitemap and this page is failing with the big red X. We are having trouble getting new content indexed and I am wondering if it is because of this second page? The site is developed in Drupal, would it automatically create a second page or did Google do this in an attempt to reach the remaining urls? Do i have to manually create a second sitemap? And will the sitemap alone keep new content from being indexed? Any and ALL help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank YOU!

goin4it · 08-24-2011, 07:32 PM

cadmo... Thank you for your help!... Please be patient with me i am about as green as the grass when it comes to this stuff. Im not sure what you mean by how many nodes I use at a time or where to find this info. This is some info that i did gather from my Linode account dashboard

Network

Transfer/mo: 400 GB
Incoming: 190 MB
Outgoing: 1.08 GB
Total: 1.27 GB

It says I have used 0% of my monthly transfer

Storage

Total: 40960 MB
Used: 32768 MB
Free: 8192 MB

This says that I have allocated 80% towards disk images

Thanks again for all of your help!

08-23-2011, 09:04 PM	#1
goin4it Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 55 Thanks: 24 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Sitemap troubles!!! My site has roughly 100,000 urls. When my developer added the xml sitemap he only added 1 sitemap. I have never had a problem with Google crawling or indexing the site until recently. I have read that Google can only crawl up to 50,000 urls within a single sitemap. My developer did not create a second sitemap however in Webmaster Tools it shows a second page to the sitemap and this page is failing with the big red X. We are having trouble getting new content indexed and I am wondering if it is because of this second page? The site is developed in Drupal, would it automatically create a second page or did Google do this in an attempt to reach the remaining urls? Do i have to manually create a second sitemap? And will the sitemap alone keep new content from being indexed? Any and ALL help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank YOU!
	"Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." Proverbs 16:3

08-24-2011, 07:32 PM	#2
goin4it Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 55 Thanks: 24 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Sitemap troubles!!! cadmo... Thank you for your help!... Please be patient with me i am about as green as the grass when it comes to this stuff. Im not sure what you mean by how many nodes I use at a time or where to find this info. This is some info that i did gather from my Linode account dashboard Network Transfer/mo: 400 GB Incoming: 190 MB Outgoing: 1.08 GB Total: 1.27 GB It says I have used 0% of my monthly transfer Storage Total: 40960 MB Used: 32768 MB Free: 8192 MB This says that I have allocated 80% towards disk images Thanks again for all of your help!
	"Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." Proverbs 16:3