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<!--
  Sitemap — Page Quality Checker
  https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/sitemap.xml

  Public marketing pages only. Everything behind login (/dashboard, /audit/*,
  /projects, /billing, /profile, /checkout) and /auth is excluded here and
  disallowed in robots.txt.

  When you add a page: add a <url> block below AND a route in src/App.jsx.
  Update <lastmod> whenever the page copy meaningfully changes.
-->

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

  <!-- ============================================================
       CORE — the pages that should rank and earn links
       ============================================================ -->

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/features</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/how-it-works</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/pricing</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- ============================================================
       CONTENT — updated often, main organic entry point over time
       ============================================================ -->

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/blog</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/changelog</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- ============================================================
       TRUST — read by buyers and by Google when assessing the site
       ============================================================ -->

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/security</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.6</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/about</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/contact</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.5</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/careers</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.4</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- ============================================================
       LEGAL — low priority, but keep them indexable
       ============================================================ -->

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/privacy</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/terms</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.pagequalitychecker.com/cookies</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-08-18</lastmod>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>

</urlset>
