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Question: After downloading a website, I am unable to completely remove all the folders/folders created by Web2Disk. Windows complains that some of the path names are too long. What can I do?
Answer: Web2Disk supports path names longer than Windows Explorer does naively. This allows you to download/copy websites that wouldn’t otherwise be possible to save.
To […]
Question: Backlink Monitor says a page is not indexed, but when I do a manual search in Google (“site:website.com”), it’s indexed. What’s wrong?
Answer: It’s possible for a website to be indexed by Google but not all the pages on that site.
The Google “site:” query operator returns all the pages that are indexed for an entire […]
Question: Should I create both a gzip (gz) and XML sitemap?
Answer: The gzip option in Sitemap Creator is a compressed version of the XML sitemap. It does not contain any additional information. You only need to submit one or the other to Google (not both). Generally, we only recommend using the gzip option if your […]
Question: Why is Sitemap Creator creating two sitemap files? (sitemap.xml and sitemap1.xml)
Answer: If you select the “Split Sitemap” option when you save your sitemap, Sitemap Creator will generate a Sitemap Index file and one or more individual sitemap files (depending on the URL limit per sitemap file).
If only two files are generated, then you do […]
Question: Does Inspyder Sitemap Creator support sitemap index files or multiple sitemaps?
Answer: Yes, Sitemap Creator is able to automatically split your sitemap and generate a sitemap index file. To use this feature enable the “Split Sitemap” option when you save your sitemap.
The sitemap index file is written to “sitemap.xml” (by default), and the individual sitemaps […]
Question: What are the ‘Ping’ URLs for each search engine?
Answer:
Ask.com: http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=#URL#
Google: http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=#URL#
Bing: http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?siteMap=#URL#
The Yahoo ping URL no longer works. It was discontinued by Yahoo as part of their organic search merger with Bing.
Question: How does Sitemap Creator determine the URL of my sitemap? (The URL is passed to search engines when ‘pinging’ them that your sitemap has changed.)
Answer: Sitemap Creator looks at the root URL that you entered before creating your sitemap file. It automatically strips any file names appended to the URL and attached the exported […]
Question: How can I create an image or video sitemap with just the images or videos (no other URLs)?
Answer: The short answer is that you can’t. This is not a limitation of Sitemap Creator; the sitemap protocol does not allow it due to the sitemap structure. (No sitemap generator can make a valid Video or […]
Question: I am hosting my own videos on my site using an embedded Flash player. Sitemap Creator doesn’t include them in my sitemap. What’s wrong?
Answer: The most common reason that Sitemap Creator skips embedded videos is because it cannot detect a thumbnail image URL for the video’s first frame. Google’s Video Sitemap protocol requires that […]
Question: My website has images that are hosted outside my Root URL on a CDN (Content Delivery Network). Can Sitemap Creator include these images in my sitemap?
Answer: Yes, just include the hostname of your CDN (with the “http://” prefix) as an Additional Root URL (in Advanced Project Settings). This will tell Sitemap Creator that you […]
