Will you use an ordinary html sitemap with Google?

[mjhonson]

I think, Google has a special format for sitemaps rather than ordinary HTML format. So it is good to use special XML format that Google uses for sitemaps.

 

[RH-Calvin]

HTML sitemap is used by browsers to surf through your website and know about your webpages in a single list.

 

[Andaman]

There are many SEO tips and tricks that help in optimizing a site but one of those, the importance of which is sometimes underestimated is sitemaps. Sitemaps, as the name implies, are just a map of your site - i.e. on one single page you show the structure of your site, its sections, the links between them, etc.