Why we prefer Xml sitemap over HTML sitemap.
I know HTMl is for user purpose only.
Any other thoughts?
narenfomax
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Jump to PostHello
xml sitemap is used by google crawlers during the crawling process, and helps for disaplaying better search result.
thanks
Jump to PostXML sitemaps are for Googlebots and crawlers. You can link to your sitemap from within your robots.txt file and Googlebot will find it automatically. They'll also give you information about indexing status of all of the links in Google Webmaster Tools.
You can also have an HTML sitemap for your …
Jump to Postsimple XML is for the Google Bots, they read them to determine all about your site and HTML is for the human beings.
More clearky it can be said as:
Google Bots considers the HTML as a page and it read the XML file to determine the site.
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johmny
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Xml sitemap is important for the Google crawler to crawl the site easily
Html sitemap is important for the user of the website.
logeshs26
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XML Site map is to help rebots and the HTML site map is for visitors to know site easily.
mayaestat
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Hello
xml sitemap is used by google crawlers during the crawling process, and helps for disaplaying better search result.
thanks
jobtardisportal
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xml sitemap is user friendly for crawlers than the html sitemap
markjaiby
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Well if we see as per search engine point of view then XML sitemap is necessary and for user point of view HTML sitemap is necessery. Search engine crawler can easily crawl the XML sitemap format.
markjaiby
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Well if we see as per search engine point of view then XML sitemap is necessary and for user point of view HTML sitemap is necessery. Search engine crawler can easily crawl the XML sitemap format.
Dani
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XML sitemaps are for Googlebots and crawlers. You can link to your sitemap from within your robots.txt file and Googlebot will find it automatically. They'll also give you information about indexing status of all of the links in Google Webmaster Tools.
You can also have an HTML sitemap for your actual visitors, if you'd like.
Kelly Burby
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simple XML is for the Google Bots, they read them to determine all about your site and HTML is for the human beings.
More clearky it can be said as:
Google Bots considers the HTML as a page and it read the XML file to determine the site.
andrewgill
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This is because XML sitemap is created for search engine spiders to crawl the pages of website easily and thereby increasing the possibility of higher ranking.
shafee219
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XML is the standard format for search engines. All the search engines and their programs are set to detect xml sitemaps for indexing. So, if you are interested in indexing your links effortlessly, you have to lead one.
The HTML sitemaps are only for better user experiences. The search engines is not gonna value these as XML.
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