# Setting Up Google News Sitemap Feed with Outbound Feeds Source: https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/setting-up-google-news-sitemap-feed-with-outbound-feeds/ The Google News Sitemap feed uses the sitemap-news block which is an out-of-the-box template that uses custom fields to quickly and easily set up, configure and manage your feed. ## Feed Setup The Google News Sitemap feed is a platform level Arc feed block with configurable and customizable parameters. It contains a news tag that was created by Google to provide additional information about each article. See [How to set up and configure an Outbound Feed](https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/how-to-set-up-and-configure-an-outbound-feed/) to configure the Google News Sitemap feed. ## Sitemap Configuration ## Featured Media ### 1\. ANS Image Title Key Arc XP Native Specification (ANS) field to get the image title from `promo_items.basic`. default: `title` ### 2\. ANS Image Caption Key ANS field to get the image caption from `promo_items.basic`. default: `caption` ### 3\. Include Promo Items Used to determine whether to include `promo_items` in the sitemap or not. True/False default: `true` ### 4\. Path to promo\_items ANS field to use for the featured media, supports a JMESPath statement. default: `promo_items.basic` || `promo_items.lead_art` ### 5\. Image height and or width A set of key value pairs where you can set an integer height and or width to resize all images. Zero means no resizing will be performed. default: `height: 0`, `width: 0` ## Field Mapping ### 1\. Publication Name Name to use in the `` tag. If left blank it will use the environment variable feedTitle from blocks.json. default: `feedTitle` value ### 2\. Language Language code to use in the `` tag. If left blank it will use the environment variable feedLanguage from blocks.json. Use Exclude to remove this tag. default: `feedTitle` value ### 3\. Article Title ANS field to be used for the headline. default: `headlines.basic` ### 4\. Keywords ANS field to be used for keywords. Select one: `taxonomy.seo_keywords` or `taxonomy.tags.text` default: `seo_keywords` ## Format ### 1\. Last Modified Date ANS date field Select one: `created_date`, `display_date`, `first_publish_date`, `last_updated_date`, or `publish_date`. default: `last_updated_date` ### 2\. Priority Sitemap priority is a hint to the consumer of how important these links are in the website. Select one: numbers from `0.0` to `1.0` default: `0.5` ### 3\. Change Frequency Denotes the suggested frequency bots should revisit the sitemap for updates. Select one: always, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, never, Exclude field default: `always` ## Resolver Configuration Each feed template needs to have a resolver applied. To [create a resolver](https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/setting-up-resolvers-for-outbound-feeds/), you must configure the following fields: ### 1\. Resolver Name Unique name given to the resolver, for example sitemap-news ### 2\. Resolver Priority Number to indicate priority order (1 to 100). Lower numbers are evaluated first. ### 3\. Regex Pattern ```regex ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?$ ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/category/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/author/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/keyword/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags_slug/(.*)/?$ ``` ### 4\. URL Parameters ![Google News Sitemap Feed](https://dev.arcxp.com/_astro/KB0010290-1.D3GS9Xkc_Z1hOlOU.webp) ### 5\. Websites all ### 6\. Content Source `feeds-content-api` There are also optional content sources available out-of-the-box. See [Content sources with Outbound Feeds](https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/content-sources-with-outbound-feeds/) for more information. ### 7\. Patterns These positions come from the regex pattern. There are a number of ways to pass a section (or author, keyword or tag) to the content source from the resolver. All of them use a grouping () in the regex. **Section** \- Pattern 1 ```regex ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?$ ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/category/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/author/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/keyword/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags_slug/(.*)/?$ ``` **Author** \- Pattern 2 ```regex ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?$ ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/category/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/author/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/keyword/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags_slug/(.*)/?$ ``` **Keywords** \- Pattern 3 ```regex ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?$ ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/category/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/author/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/keyword/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags_slug/(.*)/?$ ``` **Tags - Text** \- Pattern 4 ```regex ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?$ ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/category/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/author/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/keyword/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags_slug/(.*)/?$ ``` **Tags - Slug** \- Pattern 5 ```regex ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?$ ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/category/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/author/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/keyword/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags/(.*)/?$| ^/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/tags_slug/(.*)/?$ ``` **Include - Terms** Modify the query used by the content source. For more details on custom queries, see [How to create a custom query with Outbound Feeds](https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/how-to-create-a-custom-query-with-outbound-feeds/). **Exclude - Terms** Modify the query used by the content source. For more details on custom queries, see [How to create a custom query with Outbound Feeds](https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/how-to-create-a-custom-query-with-outbound-feeds/). **Exclude - Sections** You can enter a comma separated list of sections to exclude. For example `/premium`,`/paid-content`. **Feed - Size** Integer 1 to 100\. Defaults to `100`. If you added a size URL parameter, select the parameter option and select size and enter a default value. **Feed - Offset** Integer. Defaults to `0`. If you added a from URL parameter, select the parameter option and select from and enter a default value. **Sort** **\-** last\\updated\\date:desc If left blank it will default to `publish_date:desc`. The date field you selected to display for the Last Modified Date is the date you should enter here. The format is `date_field` \+ `":"` \+ `sort order (desc or asc)`. Valid date fields are `created_date`, `display_date`, `first_publish_date`, `last_updated_date`, or `publish_date`. **Source - Exclude** \- A comma separated list of ANS fields to remove from the default list of ANS fields. See the default list of fields on [Content sources with Outbound Feeds](https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/content-sources-with-outbound-feeds/#included-data). **Source- Include** \- A comma separated list of ANS fields to add to the default list of ANS fields. See the default list of fields on [Content sources with Outbound Feeds](https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/content-sources-with-outbound-feeds/#included-data). **Include - Distributor - Name** If you only want content from a single distributor, enter the name here. You may only populate one distributor field. **Exclude - Distributor - Name** If you want to exclude content from a single distributor, enter the name here. You may only populate one distributor field. **Include - Distributor - Category** If you only want content from a single distributor category, enter the name here. You may only populate one distributor field. **Exclude - Distributor - Category** If you want to exclude content from a single distributor category, enter the name here. You may only populate one distributor field. ### 8\. Default Template Select the template you just created `news-sitemap-feed` to use with this resolver. ### 9\. Default output type Select `xml`. ### 10\. Content Mapped Template blank ## Google News Sitemap URL To preview your Google News Sitemap XML, modify the URL below with your client org and website name. ``` https://outboundfeeds.{CLIENTORG}.arcpublishing.com/pf/arc/outboundfeeds/sitemap-news/?_website={CLIENTWEBSITE} ``` ![Google News Sitemap XML](https://dev.arcxp.com/_astro/Googlenewsitemapurl.tuKljIIy_1MieOK.webp) ## Additional Information All sitemaps adhere to the [Standard Sitemap Protocol](http://www.sitemaps.org/) and implement Google’s extensions for both [Images](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/178636) and [Videos](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/80471). - [How to set up and configure an Outbound Feed](https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/how-to-set-up-and-configure-an-outbound-feed/) - [Content sources with Outbound Feeds](https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/content-sources-with-outbound-feeds/) - [How to use Jmespath to map to custom fields ANS values in Outbound Feeds](https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/how-to-use-jmespath-to-map-to-customfields-ans-values-in-outbound-feeds/) - [Setting up resolvers for Outbound Feeds](https://dev.arcxp.com/arc-io/developer-docs/setting-up-resolvers-for-outbound-feeds/) - [Regex Debugger](https://regex101.com/)