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    • tourtravel
      tourtravel last edited by

      When I upload the YOAST site map to google webmaster i get "HTTP error: 404 not found" just for the portfolio tag and categories..For other things iI dont get any i kinf of errors

      Is it because i dont have any tags and categories of portfolio element? I have to say in my template I have the portfolio post option but im not using it.

      Tx

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      • DJ123
        DJ123 last edited by

        Do you have Yoast set to index the categories and tags?

        There is an option in to noindex those items in the options.  Could be the problem.

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        • tourtravel
          tourtravel @DJ123 last edited by

          do you suggest to not indes tags and categories?

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          • evolvingSEO
            evolvingSEO @tourtravel last edited by

            I would noindex tags, but leave categories indexed. You can check my post for full details on setting up Yoast: http://moz.com/blog/setup-wordpress-for-seo-success - I'll answer the sitemap question separately.

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            • evolvingSEO
              evolvingSEO last edited by

              If you do not have any tags or categories, you should exclude them from Yoast's XML sitemap. To do this;

              1. Go to SEO -> XML Sitemaps
              2. Check off Tags and Categories to exclude them from the sitemap.

              If this doesn't fix it, let us know - I can try to help further.

              -Dan

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