I am having trouble with submitting this master XML to google with 2 sub-sitemap.xml intact.
When I submit it to search console for indexing, it gives me this error:
Errors Invalid XML tag This tag was not recognized. Please fix it and resubmit. Parent tag: urlset Tag: sitemap
My master sitemap.xml as follow, and thank you for the help~
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url>
<loc>https://www.domain.domain/</loc>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>0.9</priority>
</url>
<sitemap>
<loc>https://www.domain.domain/sitemap5-0.xml</loc>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>1.0</priority>
</sitemap>
<sitemap>
<loc>https://www.domain.domain/sitemap5-1.xml</loc>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>1.0</priority>
</sitemap>
</urlset>
You need to replace your sitemap
elements with url
:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
<url>
<loc>https://www.domain.domain/</loc>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>0.9</priority>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.domain.domain/sitemap5-0.xml</loc>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>1.0</priority>
</url>
<url>
<loc>https://www.domain.domain/sitemap5-1.xml</loc>
<changefreq>daily</changefreq>
<priority>1.0</priority>
</url>
</urlset>
This sitemap is valid.