After editing manually my sitemap index file (because the URLs that the tool produced are invalid - missing domain name), I successfully submitted to Google. However, after checking back at Google Webmaster, only the last sitemap from the list in the index seemed to have been consumed.
For Sitemaps 1-5, all reads 0 (zero) URLS in Google Webmaster.
Here is how my sitemp index file (sitemap.xml) looks now:
(I copy-pasted this, and just changed my domain name for security reasons)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <sitemapindex xmlns="[ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]" xmlns:xsi="[ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]" xsi:schemaLocation="[ External links are visible to forum administrators only ] [ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]">
- <sitemap>
<loc>[ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]</loc>
<lastmod>2007-12-07T22:33:20+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
- <sitemap>
<loc>[ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]</loc>
<lastmod>2007-12-07T22:33:20+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
- <sitemap>
<loc>[ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]</loc>
<lastmod>2007-12-07T22:33:20+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
- <sitemap>
<loc>[ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]</loc>
<lastmod>2007-12-07T22:33:20+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
- <sitemap>
<loc>[ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]</loc>
<lastmod>2007-12-07T22:33:20+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
- <sitemap>
<loc>[ External links are visible to forum administrators only ]</loc>
<lastmod>2007-12-07T22:33:20+00:00</lastmod>
</sitemap>
</sitemapindex>
Pls. advise. Thanks.
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