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title: "What is difference xml sitemap and html sitemap"  
description: "What is difference xml sitemap and html sitemap"  
author: "Jayden Bell"  
published: 2017-01-10  
updated: 2020-09-21  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/23157/what-is-difference-xml-sitemap-and-html-sitemap  
category: "search engine optimization"  
tags: ["seo"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is difference xml sitemap and html sitemap

In a simple way we can say that xml is created for the search engine while html is created for the user,the main purpose is that we create xml sitemap to the google spider that why they can easily understand web url.

## Answers

### Answer by Jayden Bell

In a simple way we can say that xml is created for the search engine while html is created for the user,the main purpose is that we create xml sitemap to the google spider that why they can easily understand web url.


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