XML vs .txt

Does google care when it crawls if your sitemap is in a paticular format? I know it can read .txt the same but would it be better not? Thanks

 

XML site map is just ok...

 

what about the .txt ones? Also what is the best?

 

They are both the same.. If google would prefer one over the other it would be ludicrous. You will not get better rankings if you use XML over txt nor the other way around. Think about it. Wouldn't that be absolutely stupid if they did?

 

That is true, I also ment in terms of what different robots can read though. Can they all read.txt?

 

Sitemaps is an open protocol that any bot can read if they so want to :

http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.php

The big search engines all support both formats.

 

O I should remake mine then because I just list the sites in a .txt. Google took it though .

 

Most of the larger search engines will accept text sitemaps. If you want to see examples and explanations of the differences between different sitemap types, check this sitemaps article.