Sitemap Management

Monitor and validate all sitemap XML files for proper structure, namespace declarations, and SEO optimization

15
Total Sitemaps
15
Valid Sitemaps
0
Issues Found
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SEO Best Practices for Sitemaps
Important guidelines for maintaining valid and effective sitemaps

✅ What We've Fixed

  • • Added proper XML namespace declarations
  • • Included XHTML hreflang links for internationalization
  • • Added XML Schema validation references
  • • Implemented proper error handling with valid fallback XML
  • • Added image sitemap support for product images

📋 Best Practices

  • • Keep sitemaps under 50MB and 50,000 URLs
  • • Use proper lastmod dates (ISO 8601 format)
  • • Set appropriate changefreq and priority values
  • • Include all important pages and exclude noindex pages
  • • Submit sitemaps to Google Search Console

🔧 Technical Requirements

Required Namespace: xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"

Required Elements: <urlset>, <url>, <loc>

Optional Elements: <lastmod>, <changefreq>, <priority>

Encoding: UTF-8

Content-Type: application/xml