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**In general, a sitemap.xml file is structured like this:**

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.example.com/</loc>
    <lastmod>2023-10-27</lastmod>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.example.com/products/</loc>
    <lastmod>2023-10-26</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.example.com/about-us/</loc>
    <lastmod>2023-10-25</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>
</urlset>
```

**Explanation of the elements:**

*   `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>`:  XML declaration, specifying the XML version and character encoding.
*   `<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">`:  Root element, defining the XML namespace.  **This is crucial and must be present.**
*   `<url>`:  Container for information about a single URL.
*   `<loc>`:  **Required.** The full URL of the page.
*   `<lastmod>`:  Optional.  The date the page was last modified.  Use the YYYY-MM-DD format (e.g., 2023-10-27).  Helps search engines understand if the page has been updated.
*   `<changefreq>`:  Optional. How frequently the page is likely to change.  Valid values are: `always`, `hourly`, `daily`, `weekly`, `monthly`, `yearly`, `never`.  This is a *hint* to search engines, not a directive.
*   `<priority>`:  Optional.  The priority of this URL relative to other URLs on your site.  Values range from 0.0 to 1.0, with 1.0 being the highest priority.  Again, this is a *hint*.

**Important Considerations:**

*   **Sitemap Size Limit:**  A sitemap file cannot contain more than 50,000 URLs, and the uncompressed sitemap file cannot be larger than 50MB.  If you exceed these limits, you need to create multiple sitemaps and a sitemap index file.
*   **Location:**  Place your `sitemap.xml` file in the root directory of your website (e.g., `https://www.example.com/sitemap.xml`).
*   **Submit to Search Engines:**  Submit your sitemap to Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools.  This is the best way to ensure that search engines discover and crawl your site.
*   **Encoding:**  Use UTF-8 encoding.

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