Would this really help increase listings/indexing on google?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by smallbusinessboost, May 8, 2006.

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    Does this really help search engine optimization?
    For example I was asked to help optimize a forum:

    there is a phpbb forum

    to get to it you type:
    forum.alertpaypro.com

    to go to the general discussion you click on the link and it takes you to:
    http://forum.alertpaypro.com/viewforum.php?f=28

    Then you can click on a category and it takes you to that category
    http://forum.alertpaypro.com/viewtopic.php?t=872


    Well I looked that site up at google and it indexes the pages like:
    forum.alertpaypro.com/ viewtopic.php?p=1938&sid=bb15d14dbda7cd7b5b78592dcb885ce7

    So I gound a mod that is supposed to make an "archive" or html version so that the search engines will index it/find it better.

    So if we do exactly as above but use the html version
    to get to it you type:
    http://www.forum.alertpaypro.com/archive/index.php insted of forum.alertpaypro.com

    to go to the general discussion you click on the link and it takes you to:
    http://www.forum.alertpaypro.com/archive/general-discussion-28/ instead of http://forum.alertpaypro.com/viewforum.php?f=28

    Then you can click on a category and it takes you to that category
    http://www.forum.alertpaypro.com/archive/firefox-872.htm instead of http://forum.alertpaypro.com/viewtopic.php?t=872


    Now the html version still have .php on the homepage but .htm on the first category. Is this really going to increase or change how google indexes them?
    Thanks
     
    smallbusinessboost, May 8, 2006 IP