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    • brianvest
      brianvest last edited by

      It there a benefit to using and absolute url in my sitemap vs relative?

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      • brianvest
        brianvest last edited by

        Sorry forgot...here is an example section.  Any other edit suggestions?

        <urlset xmlns="<a href=" http:="" www.sitemaps.org="" schemas="" sitemap="" 0.9"="">http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"></urlset>

        <loc>/bands-by-location/Charlottesville-VA</loc>

        <lastmod>2014-05-02T22:47:30+00:00</lastmod>

        <loc>/bands-by-location/Lynchburg-VA</loc>

        <lastmod>2014-05-02T22:47:30+00:00</lastmod>

        <loc>/bands-by-location/Lexington-VA</loc>

        <lastmod>2014-05-02T22:47:30+00:00</lastmod>

        <loc>/bands-by-location/Homestead-Resort-VA</loc>

        <lastmod>2014-05-02T22:47:30+00:00</lastmod>

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