Should I submit my RSS feed as Google Sitemap?

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Published on 2012-05-30T13:41:19Z Indexed on 2012/05/30 17:00 UTC
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I currently have no sitemap for a website I'm creating.

I do have an RSS feed which includes the N latest updated posts on the site. It doesn't include everything on the site though, just blog posts. Creating a full sitemap would be a bit of a hassle I think.

Should I submit the feed instead?
Is there a difference between using a regular sitemap and a feed?
Is it important to have a sitemap? What happens when you do/don't?

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