What is HTML sitemap for?

[stuartspindlow]

Hello Friends,

What is HTML sitemap for?

[ORLOVA]

HTML sitemaps are not typically used for SEO purposes - these sitemaps are created and available for viewing by website visitors to help them navigate through a website.

[RH-Calvin]

HTML sitemap is a plain text sitemap used by browsers to know and surf through your website pages.

[Glendajones]

An HTML sitemap allows targeted traffic to easily get around a website. It is a bulleted summarize text form of the website routing. ... This Sitemap can also be created in XML format and sent to google so they can spider the website in a more effective manner.

[Apptechnologyuk]

We have an xml sitemap that generates daily, and our site and navigation is strong. Is there any added SEO value in either the links, or content of an html sitemap?

[Akshay_M]

An HTML sitemap is intended for users of your site. Generally, this type of sitemap provides links to the pages in your site, and may provide descriptions of those pages. We encourage the use of HTML sitemaps. They make it easier for users to navigate your site.