Do we need two sitemaps for a website?

[Claraviolet]

I have heard this somewhere..like you need two sitemaps.Like an xml file and one HTML file.Is it true?
Do we really need them?I mean both of them? :shrug:

 

[RH-Calvin]

There are two types of sitemaps, but you do not need to put both types on a single website. HTML sitemap refers to human readable which defines various pages in a website. XML sitemap is generally used for search engines to get you webpages crawled and indexed faster.

 

[Gary Moody]

Two types of sitemaps. Html and xml ... both are important for site..

 

[Claraviolet]

I see.Thanks guys ^^

 

[ravi raj]

I have heard this somewhere..like you need two sitemaps.Like an xml file and one HTML file.Is it true?
Do we really need them?I mean both of them? :shrug:

No, you just need one but some of the older search engines doesn't support xml sitemaps but who cares google has the largest audience and it support both.

 

[scriptbyte]

I found something interesting about sitemaps on stackexchange by a google employee
this will clear a lot of doubts regarding sitemaps,
http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/que ... ap-paradox

 

[Claraviolet]

I found something interesting about sitemaps on stackexchange by a google employee
this will clear a lot of doubts regarding sitemaps,
http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/que ... ap-paradox

Whoa..that's great.it's really knowledgeable. Thanks ^^

 

[Jannatul Ferdous]

I did not hear before of having two sitemaps for one site. I guess one sitemap with all info is good enough for SEO purpose.

 

[Claraviolet]

I did not hear before of having two sitemaps for one site. I guess one sitemap with all info is good enough for SEO purpose.

Thanks.Now I have an xml sitemap ^^

 

[newBB]

It's not required, but it's recommended. Creating an HTML and XML sitemap for your site won't take you more than 5 minutes. XML sitemap would help Google and other search engines to understand your site's contents and HTML sitemap would help humans to understand your site's contents.

 

[Host4Post.eu]

It's really not required. All you need is one XML sitemap so that search-engines can find the pages properly.