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JackStands
Level 1
2/25/11
I was approved for Google News over a year ago (and according to an email from Google I'm still approved) and I have both a regular sitemap and a Google news sitemap that both have green checkmarks next to them.  For some reason though, Google crawled 6 of my articles but hasn't updated at all.  

You can see these six articles here: http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=site:lasnark.com

I've poked around Google Webmasters a lot to see if there's anything I can change but I'm not coming up with anything.  Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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Harvey P.
Google Employee
2/26/11
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Hi JackStands,

Thanks for your question. Usually the crawl error you're noticing occurs when the code of your article body is fragmented in some way. Often numerous <br> or <p> tags can cause problems for our crawler. For this and other crawl errors, I suggest you refer to the Help Center article linked to below.

Blogmaster88, you can also find a detailed explained for how to create a Google News Sitemap below.

Thanks again!
Harvey
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JackStands
Level 1
2/25/11
Here are my news-specific crawl errors.  Most appear to be from last year before I moved the site to a new server.

http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/08/black-ops-los-angeles-midnight-sale/8077
NoArticle disproportionately shortNov 8, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/08/black-ops-los-angeles-midnight-sale/8077
NoArticle disproportionately shortNov 8, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/09/grill-em-all-tommy-lee-food-truck/8088
NoArticle too shortNov 9, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/09/grill-em-all-tommy-lee-food-truck/8088
NoArticle too shortNov 9, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/10/beady-eye-bring-the-light/8094
NoArticle too shortNov 10, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/10/beady-eye-bring-the-light/8094
NoArticle too shortNov 10, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/11/gwyneth-paltrow-sings-cma/8105
NoArticle too shortNov 11, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/11/gwyneth-paltrow-sings-cma/8105
NoArticle too shortNov 11, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/11/tron-glitch-mob/8122
NoArticle too shortNov 11, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/11/tron-glitch-mob/8122
NoArticle too shortNov 11, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/12/battle-los-angeles-trailer/8129
NoArticle too shortNov 12, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/12/battle-los-angeles-trailer/8129
NoArticle too shortNov 12, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/12/passion-pit-moths-wing-nokia/8125
NoNo sentences foundNov 12, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/12/passion-pit-moths-wing-nokia/8125
NoNo sentences foundNov 12, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/15/wu-tang-clan-club-nokia-tickets/8131
NoArticle too shortNov 15, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/15/wu-tang-clan-club-nokia-tickets/8131
NoArticle too shortNov 15, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/16/ashton-punks-tmz/8139
NoNo sentences foundNov 16, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/16/ashton-punks-tmz/8139
NoNo sentences foundNov 16, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/16/green-lantern-trailer-leak/8161
NoNo sentences foundNov 16, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/16/green-lantern-trailer-leak/8161
NoNo sentences foundNov 16, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/16/metallicas-kirk-hammett-kicks-a-child-off-the-stage/8153
NoArticle too shortNov 16, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/16/metallicas-kirk-hammett-kicks-a-child-off-the-stage/8153
NoArticle too shortNov 16, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/17/dexter-action-figure-toys-r-us/8180
NoArticle too shortNov 17, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/17/dexter-action-figure-toys-r-us/8180
NoArticle too shortNov 17, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/17/prelude-black-friday-amazon/8168
NoArticle too shortNov 17, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/17/prelude-black-friday-amazon/8168
NoArticle too shortNov 17, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/17/russell-brands-power-of-comedy-event-to-benefit-cancer-research-dec-4-club-nokia/8190
NoArticle disproportionately shortNov 17, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/17/russell-brands-power-of-comedy-event-to-benefit-cancer-research-dec-4-club-nokia/8190
NoArticle disproportionately shortNov 17, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/18/bogo-holiday-starbucks-action/8226
NoArticle too shortNov 18, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/18/bogo-holiday-starbucks-action/8226
NoArticle too shortNov 18, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/18/conans-black-commercial/8211
NoNo sentences foundNov 18, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/18/conans-black-commercial/8211
NoNo sentences foundNov 18, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/19/angus-and-julia-stone-santa-monica-dream/8257
NoNo sentences foundNov 19, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/19/angus-and-julia-stone-santa-monica-dream/8257
NoNo sentences foundNov 19, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/19/green-hornet-trailer/8262
NoNo sentences foundNov 19, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/19/green-hornet-trailer/8262
NoNo sentences foundNov 19, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/19/your-highness-2011-official-trailer/8260
NoNo sentences foundNov 19, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2010/11/19/your-highness-2011-official-trailer/8260
NoNo sentences foundNov 19, 2010
http://www.lasnark.com/2011/02/09/swill-automatic-trivia-night-tuesdays/9092
NoArticle too shortFeb 10, 2011
http://www.lasnark.com/2011/02/10/instameet-los-angeles/9114
NoArticle disproportionately shortFeb 10, 2011
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blogmaster88
Level 2
2/25/11
How does one submit a Google news sitemap?  I have submitted a regular sitemap to Webmaster tools that has a green checkmark, but I was curious about how one goes about submitting an actual Google News sitemap.
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Harvey P.
Google Employee
2/26/11
Best answer - Harvey P. (Google Employee)
Hi JackStands,

Thanks for your question. Usually the crawl error you're noticing occurs when the code of your article body is fragmented in some way. Often numerous <br> or <p> tags can cause problems for our crawler. For this and other crawl errors, I suggest you refer to the Help Center article linked to below.

Blogmaster88, you can also find a detailed explained for how to create a Google News Sitemap below.

Thanks again!
Harvey
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blogmaster88
Level 2
2/26/11
Thanks for the response Harvey.
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JackStands
Level 1
3/2/11
I have fixed my Google News sitemap but I am still getting the Unexpected Publisher Name error, even though I fixed the name to match Google's name for the site.
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