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describes the XML
XMLtag deinitions
schema for the
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Sitemap protocol:
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The Sitemap
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protocol format
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consists of XML
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tags. All data
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values in
Sitemap
must be e_y_escapec
The file itself must be UTF-8
encoded:
The Sitemap must:
Begin with an opening <U_lset? tag and end
with
closing < /urlset? tag
Specify the namespace (protocol standard) within
the <urlset> tag
Include
<uLl> entry for each URL;
parent
XML tag-
Include
<loc> child entry for each <url>
parent tag_
All other tags are optional. Support for these optional tags
may vary among search engines. Refer
each search
engine's documentation for details.
Also, all URLs in
Sitemap must be from
single host;
such as
La
example com or store example com: For
further details, refer the Sitemapfilelocaton
Sample XML Sitemap
The following example shows
Sitemap that contains just
one URL and uses all optional tags. The optional tags are
in italics_
location