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		Estragon on Aug 30, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How Domains and URLs Relate to SEO `There's a big, big difference between HTML Sitemaps and XML Sitemaps` What's the difference, practically speak? (Not doubting, just curious. It's a field I know nothing about.)

btn on Aug 30, 2009 [–]

XML Sitemaps are specifically designed to be a machine-readable list all of the individual pages on a site, when they were last updated, how frequently they're usually updated, and how important a page is to your site.

HTML Sitemaps are the user-friendly (YMMV), human-readable equivalent.

Estragon on Aug 30, 2009 | [–]

Thanks for the explanation.

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