no priority set on sitemap2.xml

[azhomedeal]

Hello,
Everything works great on sitemap1.xml but in sitemap2.xml, no priority is set - how can this be resolved?
Thank you for the help in advance.

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Hello,

do you mean that there is no priority attribute at all or it's empty / set to 0?

[azhomedeal]

Sorry, I should've been more specific.  It is set to  0.00 for every URL:

<priority>0.00</priority>

After further investigation, it is like this in both sitemap1.xml and sitemap2.xml, despite having the checkbox checked for "Automatically assign priority attribute".  Why is it not assigning priority?

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Hello,

even if you have auto priority enabled, make sure that "Priority" setting is not empty, set it to 0.8-1.0 value and regenerate sitemap.
Note that this is only a warning message though and google will still process your sitemap correctly.

[azhomedeal]

ok, thanks.  Just to clarify, should I set the value to "0.8-1.0" or are you suggesting that I choose a value in that range and set it to that value (i.e. "0.9")?

[azhomedeal]

I re-ran the sitemap with the value "0.5-1.0" and it generated sitemaps with 0 priority again.  Why would you have to put a  value in this field if you have the "automatic" box checked? 

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

No-no, "0.8-1.0" was only a suggested number *range*, you should enter a single number only, like: 0.8

[azhomedeal]

Ok, I have the value set to 0.5, the "Automatically assign priority attribute" box is checked, and it is still not assigning priority to sitemap2.xml.  It is working fine in sitemap1.xml, just not sitemap2.xml.  Is there anything else I can adjust to ensure that priorities get set in all sitemap files?

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Is the sitemap2.xml file updated? (check the last modification date/time)

[azhomedeal]

Yes, it matches the time/date on sitemap1.xml  and is updating appropriately.  Here is some of the xml from today's sitemap2.xml:

       <priority>0.00</priority>
       <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
       <lastmod>2008-12-27T06:39:00+00:00</lastmod>

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Looks like you have high depth level on your site, try to set base priority to 1.0.

[azhomedeal]

I set it to 1.0 and it had no affect on the problem.

[XML-Sitemaps Support]

Another thing to try: please set this option in config.inc.php file:
    'xs_descpriority' => '0.95',

and regenerate sitemap.

[azhomedeal]

That worked - thank you!