.php files or .html files are best for SEO?

Hello -

just about to create a new site and was wondering what the general consensus was on if i should create pages with .html or .php.

i like .php b/c you can use include functions so if there was an edit to a section, you would just need to edit one file.

.html based on my own general knowledge works best for SEO purposes. i can also do the include stuff via javascript.

Thanks in advanced,

Johnny

 

Most of the search engines are now supporting both of them but then also I will advice you that you use only HTML if not very necessary.

Akash Kumar

 

For SEO pruposes HTML is always the better way to go because there is a lot more content to scripot ratio, which is a plus.
I would say only use php if you absolutely must.
Like if you have a script that is extremely meaningful to the operation of your site.

 

Ya I agree PHP should be ony used as scripts not as web pages I myself use only HTML pages in my website.

Akash Kumar

 

Both PHP and HTML files are best for seo IF you code them properly. HTML is easier but its hard to maintain.

EDIT: Have you ever seen a CMS fully coded by HTML? I guess not

 

google is not a rasist

Both html and php are fine, the same.

 

Exactly my point!

 

both php and html are not born equal...

1. html is best for seo but difficult to maintain
2. php is also good for seo if used properly - if the php urls contain lots of weird parameters, seo gets difficult (e.g. phpsessionids). however, php is programmable - so it's easy to maintain and code

so - which one to use? the answer is "it depends"... on what? on the type of site that you have...

 

I think both are fine. And if someone loves HTML more then you can use .htaccess to get that kind of effect in the .php url's

 

.php is fine, the "trouble" seems to be when there are characters like = & ? in the url.

 

I have a decent ranking for my .php site. I guess both are very good if optimized well.

 

You can surely use .htaccess for it. To rewrite the URL's

 

Funny, I just wrote 2 blogs about this, give it a try all, it has the pros and cons about both and it shows how to use the .htaccess to combine both forces together lol .
Dynamic Vs. Static URLS | Part 1 | Pros & Cons
AND
Dynamic Vs. Static URLS | Part 2 | Combining forces

 

makes no difference

 

Ya but most people use HTML format for their site thats why I recommend you to use it.

Akash Kumar

 

html is better is you have no idea how to use php

 

But till now I have not seen a webpage ranking high having PHP homepage, there may be some sites but I have not seen one yet.

Akash Kumar

 

If the php is written correctly all you and the crawler should see is the outputed html as php is a server side language. Most of my sites are php based and I've not had any problems, infact the opposite.

Re-writing the urls is also a must, which be easily done.

Cheers,

Dave

 

Theres No problem in SE if your site is PHP Based or an HTML.
or if you realy want in .html based Try to Redirect in your .htaccess

 

thanks for the input.

it was just deciding if it was

filename.html
or
filename.php

there wouldn't be any variables at the end such as ?=etc etc

i initially went with the .html and used javascript to include my navigation but when i viewed source of the page, it didn't display the content of the javascript include so that wouldn't be useful for SEO purposes. maybe i'll just stick with .php then.