I've just created a google sitemap using my hosting control panel. I've got LOADS of these weird entries like this one <loc>http://iheartwheels.com/category.php?cat=parts-accessories&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortfield=title&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp=desc&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortfield=title&3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortfield=title&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortorder=desc&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortfield=title&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortorder=desc&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortfield=price&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortorder=desc&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortfield=title&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortorder=desc&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortfield=price&%3Bamp%3Bamp%3Bsortorder=desc&%3Bamp%3Bsortfield=price&%3Bamp%3Bsortorder=desc&%3Bsortfield=title&%3Bsortorder=desc&sortfield=title&sortorder=desc</loc> ........I've shortened this because it's huge If i click the link it takes me to a category not an actual ad so im not sure if search friendly url mod will help although i do plan on gettin that soon. Why are they this long? Is it a problem? And if so wat should i do to change them? Any advice appreciated
I've not ever seen a web hosting service provide site map generation in their hosting panel before. I would check with your hosting service. Whatever it is trying to do in it's urlencoding is wrong as only the very first "&%3B" would render correctly as "&" & = "&" amp = "amp" %3B = ";" everything after that is just going to generate "amp;" which is not correct.
Try our module. It is pretty cool. Gets extra pages, cats, viewlistings, etc. Google XML Sitemap Module Here is a example http://www.property-for-sale-france.eu/sitemap.xml
