html or php?

[adb22791]

I'm working on a new community, and while it isn't a forum per-say, I think it would fit in here. Hopefully down the road it will have a forum. :)

Anyway, I was wondering, since we apparently have so many SEO experts here, what you guys think about file extensions. Do you think it is better to use .php or .html extensions for SEO? Both are easy to do with mod_rewrite (now that somebody has showed me how :blush:), so it's more of a question of if there is any difference, and if so, in favor of which one. I've been looking at a few major sites, and both extensions seem to be used equally, which makes me think it doesn't really matter too much which one you use, but I am totally prepared to be proved wrong. :P

Thanks!
Alex

[Tyler]

It can just depend on personal preference. Generally .html is associated with static content while .php is associated with dynamic. As long as both look static (with mod_rewrite), I do not believe there are any differences in SEO.

[SoftWareRevue]

As long as both look static...I think that's the operative phrase.

Search engines don't much care what you use, as long as they can read the content as content. :dancin:

[D'Godown]

Just go as the way forum script is designed, a lot of forums with no vbseo are better listed in search engines.

[adb22791]

Well, being as I am the designer I have quit a lot of choice in the matter. :D

Thanks guys! :beer: