What's the difference between an HTML Sitemap and an XML Sitemap?
The difference is that XML sitemaps are written for search engines and HTML sitemaps are written for users.
1. The XML sitemap is not displayed on the frontend. It is a .xml file that is located on the server. It contains links to all pages of your site and is intended for search engines to simplify page indexing. The XML sitemap can also contain hreflang tags and other technical information for search engines. Here is an example of an XML Sitemap with hreflang tags:
2. The HTML sitemap is an HTML page that is available on the frontend and contains links to categories to simplify user navigation. Example of an HTML site map: