I've seen similar posts on the forums about this error, but I think mine is a little different.
When submitting to Live, I get the error message: "The web address isn't valid. A website's sitemap should be specified at the root level." (
screenshot) The sitemap URL is at the location listed below, and although it's a bizzare URL, I have had no trouble submitting to other sites. The web adderss
is valid, and
is specified at the root level.
The sitemap is at:
http://www.niagara-central.com/ord?portal:/search/sitemap The sitemap is being submitted from this page:
http://webmaster.live.com/SitemapReportPage.aspx?siteID=...............
One similarity between myself and those who have seen similar errors is that my sitemap requires "www" as part of the the domain. Unlike for them, however, it does not appear that the sitemap submission page is automatically removing the "www".
Is this a bug within the URL validation? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Lee
