The default permalink structure for wordpress doesn't seem too google friendly. Anyone have any thoughts on what the best structure is from a google perspective?
What I think is the best, and which I use is: That way you get the SEO benefits of having your category name and post title in the URL, and it still has a nice, clean look.
From a google perspective, do you think there is any benefit to adding ".html". For instance /%postname".html"
No, it does not matter to google. Whether you use /postname, or /postname.html, /postname.php or even /postname.yourname- They are all equal in Google's eyes.
Some times it is depend on requirement. Like you need the archives, category, date, month etc. Some of url samples are here: wordpress.com/year/date/month/filenamepath1 wordpress.com/year/month/filenamepath1 wordpress.com/category/filenamepath1 wordpress.com/filenamepath1 All of the above urls format is search engine friendly. The file name extension like .html, .asp does not matter very much But wordpress.com/?p=90 format is not good for search engine. So try to avoid this url format.
because my host doesnt have mod_rewrite i have to use /index.php/%postname%/ is this a problem for google spider... my sites won't even validate using this link structure..i obtained it from wp permalinks article under "almost pretty" permalinks.. so my URL in wp is something like this mysite.com/index.php/post-name-etc/ mysite.com/index.php/category/videos/post-name/ can somebody please tell me if this is ok for google spider?
in the custom box /%postname%/ That works the best. If you are already running a wordpress and you change the premalink after you see yourself on google. Get Perma link redirect. It works like a charm.