<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9">
  <!-- Core pages (server-rendered) -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://competitioncountdown.live/</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-16</lastmod>
    <changefreq>hourly</changefreq>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- SEO Landing Pages (server-rendered) -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://competitioncountdown.live/comps-closing-today</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-16</lastmod>
    <changefreq>hourly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- Directory (server-rendered Blade) -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://competitioncountdown.live/directory</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-16</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
  </url>

  <!-- Blog index & a sample post (server-rendered Blade) -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://competitioncountdown.live/blogposts</loc>
    <lastmod>2026-06-16</lastmod>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://competitioncountdown.live/blogposts/clover-competitions</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-05-01</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
  </url>

  <!-- Category pages -->
  <!-- NOTE: these are currently client-rendered SPA shells (near-empty to crawlers).
       Keep minimal until they server-render, then expand via `php artisan sitemap:generate`. -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://competitioncountdown.live/categories/golf</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://competitioncountdown.live/categories/cars</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://competitioncountdown.live/categories/tech</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
  </url>
  <url>
    <loc>https://competitioncountdown.live/categories/cash</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
  </url>

  <!-- Individual /competition/{id} URLs are intentionally omitted:
       those pages are still client-rendered SPA shells and churn hourly, so listing them
       would create soft-404s. Generate them with `php artisan sitemap:generate --with-competitions`
       once competition pages server-render. -->
</urlset>
