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Two sitemaps...only one of them indexed

Discussion in 'Google Sitemaps' started by JRJR, Jul 18, 2006.

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    Hi everybody! :D

    My website has two languages: portuguese (the main one) and english.
    I created two xml sitemap files, one for each language but google only indexes the portuguese ones. The difference between the url for both languages are that for the english version it's needed to have a .../LG1/ on the url's trail (i.e. portuguese version: http://www.worldwar-two.net/multimedia/ and english version: http://www.worldwar-two.net/multimedia/LG1/).

    I'd appreciate any help on this issue. :)

    Best regards,

    JRJR
     
    JRJR, Jul 18, 2006 IP
  2. mad4

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    What does it say in your sitemaps account? Google doesn't normally index the sitemaps as they offer no benefit to the users.
     
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  3. JRJR

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    There are no errors in the english version.

    Google says:
    Googlebot last successfully accessed your home page on Jul 15, 2006
     
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    Does it say when google last downloaded your site map?
     
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  5. JRJR

    JRJR Active Member

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    Yes.

    Sitemap Type Submitted Last Downloaded Sitemap Status
    sitemapEN.xml Sitemap Web Jun 30, 2006 Jul 7, 2006 OK
    sitemapPT.xml Sitemap Web Jun 30, 2006 Jul 14, 2006 OK
     
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  6. mad4

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    That means its all working perfectly. :)

    The problem you seem to have is that each page on your site is written in portugese and english. Google probably thinks they are duplicate content and only indexes one version.
     
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  7. JRJR

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    But I remeber that I already had few (3 or 4) english pages (articles) indexed by google.

    Is there any solution to force the difference between both versions?
     
    JRJR, Jul 18, 2006 IP
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    They'll get index eventually, just be patient ^^;;
     
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  9. JRJR

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    I'm being patient since February. :rolleyes:

    But I'll try to have moooore patience.
     
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    Oh, that's ages... Maybe it is the thing mad4 said then.
     
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    Don't Google feel different languages? :p That should be different content. But seems that for Google it's not. :(
     
    JRJR, Jul 18, 2006 IP