What are the difference in HTML sitemap and XML sitemap?

[rakeshspectrumpro]

What are the difference in HTML sitemap and XML sitemap?

 

[Neo_5678]

The difference is that XML sitemaps are written for search engines and HTML sitemaps are written for humans. An XML sitemap is specifically written for search engine spiders. An HTML sitemap enables lost human users to find a page on your site that they are looking for.

 

[amar495]

A Sitemap is an XML file that lists the URLs for a site. It allows webmasters to include additional information about each URL: when it was last updated, how often it changes, and how important it is in relation to other URLs in the site. This allows search engines to crawl the site more intelligently.

 

[MVMInfotech18]

HTML sitemaps are designed for humans to navigate the website.

XML Sitemaps on the other hand are designed for search engines to know the site structure

 

[Medical]

The difference is that XML sitemaps are written for search engines and HTML sitemaps are written for humans. An XML sitemap is specifically written for search engine spiders. ... An HTML sitemap enables lost human users to find a page on your site that they are looking for.

 

[RH-Calvin]

HTML sitemap is a plain text sitemap used by browsers to know and surf through your website pages. XML sitemap is a coded sitemap used to submit in webmaster tool to help spiders crawl them and index the webpages in search engines.

 

[dombowkett]

HTML sitemap are generated for users while XML for search engines.

 

[tangis]

XML sitemap helps web crawlers easily find and index all the pages and posts on your website. However, HTML sitemap which helps humans find a specific page/post on your site.

 

[johnsmith]

The simplest explanation is that XML is primarily for the search engines while HTML is written for the users. A XML sitemap protocol is specifically intended for search engine spiders. At its root, XML is a file that includes all the behind the scenes activity on a web site.

 

[Sleekinfosolutions]

Hi,

I am sharing an image that can easily make you uderstand the difference between HTML sitemap & XML sitemap: