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What is the difference between html and xml sitemap and which one is better to use?

HTML, is an application of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) and allows an author to omit certain tags and use attribute minimization.
Sitemap.xml is used to tell the google bots about your website pages. Basically xml sitemap is used for spiders and users. You can set frequency and priority while creating this and upload this through your webmaster tool.

HTML sitemaps are created for the user and contains a basic structure for displaying all the pages of the website in a hierarchy. XML sitemaps are created for the search engines and helps a search engine bot to easily cache, index and discover new pages

XML Sitemaps are for robots and HTML sitemaps are for the user.

It's pretty simple.

I'm not sure anyone does HTML sitemaps anymore. They were a forerunner to the XML version to help Google understand your webite. XML sitemaps do this much more effectively

Hi,
HTML: site maps using for user purpose ,what are the pages using in website.
XML: site maps using for search engine purpose, what are the pages using for with in website.