In this article we are going to explain the three common errors that can stop a page URL from being downloaded from the URL Upload feature.
The three common errors are:
Error | Description |
Missing HTTP Protocol | The page URLs were not uploaded because they are missing HTTP protocol (https:// or http://). |
Invalid Domain Property | The page URLs were not uploaded because they do not contain a valid domain property. |
Download URLs Limit Exceeded | URLs not uploaded because you have hit the account download URL limit. |
Invalid Action | If you use the column |
Note: We use URL Constructor by Mozilla to identify if a page URL is valid.
Missing HTTP Protocol
The page URLs were not uploaded because they are missing HTTP protocol (https:// or http://).
For example the following page URLs are missing a valid HTTP protocol:
indexinginsight.com
https:/indexinginsight.com/
http//indexinginsight.com/
To fix this error all you need to do is to:
Download the list of page URLs with missing HTTP protocol error
Review the page URLs in the list, and
Update each page URL to make sure each has a valid HTTP protocol
Note: In the error message you can download the list of page URLs that are missing HTTP protocol from the uploaded CSV list.
Invalid Domain Property
The page URLs were not uploaded because they do not contain a valid domain property.
A page URL must contain the domain property of the relevant project you are uploading your CSV.
For example the following page URLs do not have a valid domain property for the project indexinginsight.com:
https://indexinginsights.com/
https://indexing-insight.com/
To fix this error all you need to do is to:
Download the list of page URLs with invalid domain property error
Review the page URLs in the list, and
Update each page URL to make sure each has a relevant domain property
Note: In the error message you can download the list of page URLs that have the error invalid domain property.
Download URLs Limit Exceeded
The page URLs not uploaded because you have hit the account download URL limit.
This error is simple. You have tried to upload a list of page URLs that exceeds your Account's URL limit (total URLs you can download across all your websites).
To fix this error all you need to do is to decide which websites or page URLs can be removed from your account to make room for the new page URLs.
Note: In the error message you can download the list of page URLs that have the error 'Download URLs Limit Exceeded'.
So, you know which URLs were not uploaded to your account.
Invalid Action
The action for the page URL is invalid.
If you use the column action and use an invalid action then we do not upload or remove the page URL from Indexing Inight.
To fix the error you need to make sure to use the following valid actions for a page URL:
add
remove
Please make sure to use lowercase for actions.
Note: In the error message you can download the list of page URLs that have the error 'Invalid Action.
So, you know which URLs were not uploaded to your account.