Category: Specs
Sitemap validation
The following XML schema defines the elements and attributes that can appear in your Sitemap file. You can download this schema from the link below:
http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd
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Sitemap index validation
The following XML schema defines the elements and attributes that can appear in your Sitemap index file. You can download this schema from the link below:
http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/siteindex.xsd
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Sitemap extensions
You can extend the Sitemaps protocol using your own namespace. Simply specify this namespace in the root element. For example:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<urlset xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
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Informing search engine crawlers
Once you have created the Sitemap file and placed it on your webserver, you need to inform the search engines that support this protocol of its location by submitting it to them via the search engine's submission interface or an HTTP request.
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