I have been using the Google XML Sitemaps plugin for WordPress for a long time and couldn’t be happier with the results. Not only is the plugin easy to install, easy to configure, but I believe it generates results that would be difficult to achieve without the plugin. I was installing this plugin on a new site this evening and during the process of configuring a Yahoo Application ID I remembered that I had been receiving an error on another site with the Yahoo Application ID so I decided to look into it.
Google XML Sitemaps Yahoo Notification Error:
Google XML Sitemaps Yahoo Notification Error Text: There was a problem while notifying Yahoo.
This error displays in the WordPress admin under the settings for the XML Sitemaps plugin which can be reached by clicking on “XML-Sitemap” underneath Settings section in the WordPress Admin. The reason I had never spent more time looking into this is because when I clicked on the link next to the error Yahoo was stating that the notification was happening successfully. When clicking on the View Result link next to the error I received the below XML response.
Google XML Sitemaps Yahoo Notification Results:
Anyway when configuring this plugin on a new server I realized what the problem most likely was going to be. After creating the Yahoo Application ID or BBAuth ID I realized that when copying and then pasting into the WordPress admin that there was a space on the end of the BBAuth ID. After removing the space at the end of the Yahoo Application ID I posted into the “Your Application ID” field on the XML Sitemap configuration page I manually rebuilt the XML Sitemap and there was no longer an error displayed. The result of all successful notifications is displayed below.
Google XML Sitemap: All Sites Notified Successfully:
Anyway a small annoyance out of the way because of my mistake. This is a great plugin I recommend to anyone worried about SEO on a WordPress site. If you do download and install the plugin you should make a small donation to the developers.
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Wow, the extra space is almost invisible. It’s been months since Yahoo was notified successfully from our site.
Thanks for figuring this out and writing about it.
Cheers,
Chris
Hello Chris,
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alex
A big THANK-YOU from me, too! I was wondering about this – searched the ‘net – and found your answer right away. Note to others : not only did I have an extra space at the end of my ID# – but also one at the beginning! Double-check!
Hello ArkyMark,
No problem at all man. Glad to hear the article was easy to find and it helped you out! Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback.
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alex
Thanks Alex, that little space was my problem too ! Good Luck :)
Hello EgyKnight,
Awesome! Glad this article helped you out. Thanks for leaving feedback.
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alex
HI Alex,
Thanks for GREAT HELP…. One can not imagine this could be a problem.
REALLY REALLY THANKFUL TO YOU ALEX.
GOD BLESS YOU.
Love
Sunita
Hello Sunita Vakil,
No problem at all. Thanks for taking the time to post feedback.
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alex
Thanks a lot, was nonsense, but thanks to your article I have solved this problem.
Hello andrea,
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alex