Re: Sitemap Not Found

Hi Arne:

Having the same problem. And doing the same checking but to no avail.
What is especially frustrating is that this is taking up time.
You follow the instructions and still get nowhere.
Index pages just disappear and then show up a few days later. On more
than one server and on different urls. All with the new sitemaps.
Don't see my competitors suffering though. I check every day.
Pay attention Google. You are starting to annoy the fans.
I am seriously thinking of just pulling the xml files and taking my
chances.
Not good business sense.

Arne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> a week ago I was told to re-verify my sitemap. I uploaded the
> verification file but Google told me the file was not found. After 10
> tries, Google accepted the file...
>
> But since that, my sitemap is always indicated as "Not found". It's
> definitely there, so I don't know why it doesn't work.
>
> URL to my Sitemap: http://www.arnebrachhold.de/sitemap.xml
>
> Non-existing sites are returning correct 404 headers and I see no 404s
> in my logfile, so I can't understand why Google doesn't find it.
>
> Checked:
> -that your verification file exists in the correct location and is
> named correctly (in your case, you've already check this)
>
> -> Yes, it's there and i can access it from several computers
>
> -that your webserver is up and responding to requests when we attempt
> the verification
>
> -> It worked after several tries
>
> -that your robots.txt file doesn't block our access to the file
>
> -> My robots.txt is empty
>
> -that your server doesn't return a status of 200 in the header of 404
> pages
>
> -> Works. Sitemap is 200, 404 is 404.
>
>
> What can I do?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Arne