News Sitemaps

A news sitemap is a type of XML sitemap that specifically targets news-related content on a website. News sitemaps are used to help search engines discover and index news articles and other timely content, such as press releases.

Here is an example of a simple news sitemap:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
        xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9">
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.example.com/news/article1.html</loc>
    <lastmod>2022-12-31</lastmod>
    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>Example News</news:name>
        <news:language>en</news:language>
      </news:publication>
      <news:genres>PressRelease, Blog</news:genres>
      <news:publication_date>2022-12-31T12:00:00+00:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Breaking News: Example Article 1</news:title>
      <news:keywords>Breaking News, Example, Article 1</news:keywords>
      <news:stock_tickers>ABC, DEF</news:stock_tickers>
    </news:news>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.example.com/news/article2.html</loc>
    <lastmod>2022-12-30</lastmod>
    <news:news>
      <news:publication>
        <news:name>Example News</news:name>
        <news:language>en</news:language>
      </news:publication>
      <news:genres>PressRelease, Blog</news:genres>
      <news:publication_date>2022-12-30T12:00:00+00:00</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Breaking News: Example Article 2</news:title>
      <news:keywords>Breaking News, Example, Article 2</news:keywords>
      <news:stock_tickers>ABC, DEF</news:stock_tickers>
    </news:news>
  </url>
</urlset>