I am doing some SEO for a online cruise website. The current set-up looks old and is built in ASP and uses tables everywhere. How would they benefit from moving over to PHP. Is there a downside? The website is Value Cruises Please give me some insights.
No, there's no inherent SEO advantage in PHP vs. ASP. Both generate HTML, which is all that the search engines care about. If the website design needs a facelift, then do it within the current framework. You'll save a lot of time and development costs. If you find some technical reason why PHP might have some advantages in generating the content for the site, then you can make the transition in a way that makes sense. Good luck!
I was initially going to say yes based on the title, but agree with the above with regards to the content of your post and the site you mention. If you're starting from fresh then if your choice is ASP or PHP, then go for PHP as ASP is no longer developed, but if you're not being so restrictive, then I'd say move to ASP.NET