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title: "What is HTML Sitemap and XML Sitemap?"
description: "What is HTML Sitemap and XML Sitemap?"
author: "Anonymous User"
published: 2019-08-31
updated: 2019-08-31
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/95316/what-is-html-sitemap-and-xml-sitemap
category: "search engine optimization"
tags: ["seo", "smo"]
reading_time: 1 minute
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# What is HTML Sitemap and XML Sitemap?
[HTML](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1530/design-a-simple-stylish-calculator-using-html-css-and-javascript) Sitemap and [XML Sitemap](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33731/tell-me-about-xml-sitemap)
## Replies
### Reply by Anonymous User
The **HTML [sitemap](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/301744/how-important-is-a-sitemap-for-the-indexing-of-your-website)** comprises of one single HTML page that bears the links of all the web pages of any specific website. This sitemap holds the foundation of all web pages of any website.
HTML sitemap contains all formatted text files and linking tags of any website. It is particularly useful when you have a large website with multiple web pages because it helps you to improve the navigation of your website by listing all the web pages in one place in a user-friendly manner.
[XML](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/203/working-with-xml-data-in-sql-server) or Extensible Markup Language is primarily created to facilitate the functionality of the search engines.
A perfect **XML sitemap** informs the search engines about the number of pages present on a specific website, the frequency of their updates and the time of the last modifications performed on them, which helps in proper indexing of the website by the search engines.
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