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<!--
  ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
  ║  SITEMAP — sergey-solutions.com                             ║
  ║  Single-page site with EN / HE / RU language switching      ║
  ║  Protocol: sitemaps.org + xHTML multilingual extension       ║
  ║                                                              ║
  ║  HOW TO SUBMIT TO GOOGLE:                                    ║
  ║  1. Upload this file to: https://www.sergey-solutions.com/   ║
  ║     so it's accessible at /sitemap.xml                       ║
  ║  2. Go to Google Search Console → Sitemaps                   ║
  ║     → Enter: sitemap.xml → Submit                            ║
  ║  3. Add to robots.txt: Sitemap: https://www.sergey-solutions.com/sitemap.xml
  ║                                                              ║
  ║  UPDATE lastmod whenever you deploy a new version of the     ║
  ║  site. Use YYYY-MM-DD format (ISO 8601).                     ║
  ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
-->
<urlset
  xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9"
  xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
  xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1">

  <!-- ═══════════════════════════════════════════
       DEFAULT / ENGLISH version
       Canonical: root URL, no ?lang param
       ═══════════════════════════════════════════ -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.sergey-solutions.com/</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-05-29</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>1.0</priority>

    <!-- hreflang alternates — tells Google which URL serves which language -->
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="en"       href="https://www.sergey-solutions.com/"/>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="he"       href="https://www.sergey-solutions.com/?lang=he"/>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://www.sergey-solutions.com/"/>

    <!-- Main page image for Google Image search -->
    <image:image>
      <image:loc>https://www.sergey-solutions.com/og-image.png</image:loc>
      <image:title>Sergey Solutions — From Code to Creation</image:title>
      <image:caption>Custom software, automation, AI visuals and 3D production.</image:caption>
    </image:image>
  </url>

  <!-- ═══════════════════════════════════════════
       HEBREW version (?lang=he)
       Google indexes this as a separate language
       variant of the same page content.
       ═══════════════════════════════════════════ -->
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.sergey-solutions.com/?lang=he</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-05-29</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.9</priority>

    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="en"       href="https://www.sergey-solutions.com/"/>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="he"       href="https://www.sergey-solutions.com/?lang=he"/>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://www.sergey-solutions.com/"/>
  </url>

  <!-- ═══════════════════════════════════════════
       NOTE ON RUSSIAN (?lang=ru)
       Russian is intentionally excluded from the
       sitemap hreflang set — Google Search Console
       requires hreflang pairs to be consistent,
       and targeting Russian-language Google users
       globally is lower priority for this domain.
       Uncomment the block below if you want to
       include Russian in Google's index.
       ═══════════════════════════════════════════ -->
  <!--
  <url>
    <loc>https://www.sergey-solutions.com/?lang=ru</loc>
    <lastmod>2025-05-29</lastmod>
    <changefreq>monthly</changefreq>
    <priority>0.7</priority>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="en"       href="https://www.sergey-solutions.com/"/>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="he"       href="https://www.sergey-solutions.com/?lang=he"/>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="ru"       href="https://www.sergey-solutions.com/?lang=ru"/>
    <xhtml:link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://www.sergey-solutions.com/"/>
  </url>
  -->

</urlset>
