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[websitebeginner]

Hello,

I've been studying how to write a sitemap. From studying the information at sitemaps.org, it looks like the very top of the code should be written like this:

CODE

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">

However, when I went to xml-sitemaps.com, their code wizard said the very top of the code should look like this:

CODE

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset
xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9
http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd">

Which one is the correct one to use? (This is for a simple xml sitemap, not something fancy like joining two sitemaps together).

Thanks for any ideas.

[qwerty]

I use the first example, but that's because the tool I use to generate the sitemap codes them that way. Whichever you choose, just make sure it's search engine friendly by submitting it in Webmaster Tools and checking to see if Google has issues with it.