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

  <!-- =====================================================
       Chinese Track – React App Sitemap
       Generated: 2026-04-05

       HOW TO USE:
       1. Upload this file to your server root as /sitemap-app.xml
          (i.e. https://www.chinesetrack.com/sitemap-app.xml)
       2. Open your robots.txt and add this line alongside the existing one:
             Sitemap: https://www.chinesetrack.com/sitemap-app.xml
       3. Submit both sitemaps in Google Search Console.

       NOTES ON TRAILING SLASHES:
       Your server inconsistently redirects some routes to add a trailing
       slash (e.g. /faq → /faq/) while others stay without one. This
       sitemap uses the canonical URL as declared by each page's
       <link rel="canonical"> tag. Fix the trailing slash inconsistency
       in your server config so all routes behave the same way.
       ===================================================== -->

  <!-- ===== TIER 1: Pre-rendered landing pages (highest SEO value) ===== -->

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.chinesetrack.com/current/chinese-track</loc>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>1.0</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.chinesetrack.com/current/about</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.chinesetrack.com/current/pricing</loc>
    <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.8</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.chinesetrack.com/current/faq</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- ===== TIER 2: Free sample lesson (publicly accessible content) ===== -->

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.chinesetrack.com/current/lesson/1</loc>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.6</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- ===== TIER 3: Utility / contact pages ===== -->

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.chinesetrack.com/current/contact</loc>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.4</priority>
  </url>

  <!-- ===== TIER 4: Legal pages ===== -->

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.chinesetrack.com/current/privacy-policy</loc>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.chinesetrack.com/current/terms</loc>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>

  <url>
    <loc>https://www.chinesetrack.com/current/refund-guarantee</loc>
    <changefreq>yearly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.3</priority>
  </url>

</urlset>
