The Sitemap protocol format consists of XML tags. All data values in a Sitemap must be entity-escaped. The file itself must be UTF-8 encoded. The Sitemap must: * Begin with an opening <urlset> tag and end with a closing </urlset> tag.… more »

== <urlset> == required Encapsulates the file and references the current protocol standard. == <url> == required Parent tag for each URL entry. The remaining tags are children of this tag. == <loc> == required URL… more »

Your Sitemap file must be UTF-8 encoded (you can generally do this when you save the file). As with all XML files, any data values (including URLs) must use entity escape codes for the characters listed in the table below. Character  … more »

You can provide multiple Sitemap files, but each Sitemap file that you provide must have no more than 50,000 URLs and must be no larger than 10MB (10,485,760 bytes). If you would like, you may compress your Sitemap files using gzip to stay within 10MB an… more »

== <sitemapindex> == required Encapsulates information about all of the Sitemaps in the file. == <sitemap> == required Encapsulates information about an individual Sitemap. == <loc> == required Identifies the location o… more »