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[john.]

I have used the Sitemap Automator tool several times and had no issues, but for some reason now i cannot get Google to recognize that the sitemap is loaded.

The hosting compnay i use requires that all web docs use httpdocs/ as the root and i already have another active web site using the sitemap fine on the same hosting company.

When i upload the sitemap for the new site it is loacted in the correct directory, then i go to my webmaster tools home page and as the new site is already added to the account i go to the option to upload the sitemap and this is were the trouble starts. it keeps on indicating that it cannot locate the sitemap, but when i check via the hosting management tools the sitemap file is were is should be...

Any ideas please?

thanks

John

[Jeremy]

It also matters where you tell Google Webmaster Tools your Sitemap is located. If you register your website in GWT's as domain.com, then your Sitemap needs to be located at domain.com/sitemap.xml (in most cases).

So always make sure that the location of your sitemap.xml file on your server is the same location you are giving to GWT.