[Mediawiki-l] Re: Google Sitemaps

[Bass, Joshua L]

Ok, this suggests a new problem. I have a virtual directory running
which eliminates the index.php in mediawiki URLs. 

So my files are located:

http://www.350z-tech.com/wiki/ 

But my urls are:

http://www.350z-tech.com/zwiki/

I cannot put the sitemap in a virtual directory. 

The links generated by the sitemap show the virtual directory.

I have a separate sitemap running for my forums which is in the /forums
directory. 

Google says the sitemap is OK, but there is really no way of knowing if
it is actually crawling the links!

-Josh

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Guy
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 10:38 AM
To: 'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'
Subject: RE: [Mediawiki-l] Re: Google Sitemaps

I am afraid you are wrong

An extract from Google's site.
"You must place the completed Sitemap in the highest directory that you
would like Google to crawl. Generally, this is the root directory.
Google
can only accept URLs contained in your Sitemap that are the same
directory
level or lower. For instance, if you place your Sitemap in
www.example.com/foo/, Google will not be able to accept www.example.com/
as
a URL in your Sitemap"

Regards,
Arthur Guy

arthur at astarsolutions.co.uk
a star solutions
www.astarsolutions.co.uk

Audio & Video Leads Adapters and Accessories
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Brent Meshier
Sent: 21 September 2005 15:08
To: 'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'
Subject: RE: [Mediawiki-l] Re: Google Sitemaps

Google will index all pages on your site that it can find.  The only
purpose
of the sitemap is to help Google find and index them quickly and
efficiently.  It also helps Google to know how often the pages change,
so it
can schedule a re-crawl appropriately.

Brent Meshier

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Gregory Szorc
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 8:33 AM
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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Re: Google Sitemaps

Where does the sitemap specification say that Google will only index 
pages at or below the level of the sitemap?  Even so, I have had no 
trouble with Google indexing the Case Wiki 

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