Sitemap.xml Best Practices
Set appropriate lastmod
The
This should not change based on code changes, only for updating the content.
For example, if you have a blog post, the
It's recommended not to use
Learn more https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/06/sitemaps-lastmod-ping
changefreq or priority You probably don't need
These two fields are not used by search engines, and are only used by crawlers to determine how often to crawl your site.
If you're trying to get your site crawled more often, you should use the
Learn more https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/06/sitemaps-lastmod-ping