XML and HTML sitemaps help search engines and users navigate a website efficiently, improving crawlability and user experience. While XML sitemaps are designed for search engines, HTML sitemaps focus on guiding visitors through site structure.Search Engine Journal has answered the question, ‘Is An XML Or HTML Sitemap Better For SEO?’ as part of its Ask an SEO series.Helen Pollitt says, “The purpose of the XML sitemap is to help search bots understand which pages on your website should be crawled, as well as giving them extra information about those pages.The XML sitemap can... [...]

XML sitemaps help search engines discover and index website pages efficiently, improving visibility in search results. A well-structured sitemap enhances SEO by ensuring all important pages are crawled, especially for large or new websites.Search Engine Journal contributor Jes Scholz has published an article on  using XML sitemaps to boost SEO performance.She says, “What was considered best practice yesterday does not hold true today and this is especially relevant when it comes to XML sitemaps, which are almost as old as SEO itself.The problem is, it’s time-consuming to sort valuable... [...]