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[Ziggy]

I was just wondering if php pages would rank the same as an html page? Also some people say that html pages get indexed faster than php pages, is this true?
Is there really a differnce betwwen the both except for the different extension?
Thanks
Ziggy

[linux_lover]

Yes it gets indexed fine and there no difference AFAIK all my sites use PHP and rank fine.

You can even make php pages have a html extension if you want

[OldWelshGuy]

The spiders have absolutely no problem reading PHP as after all it is just a bit of scripting. The problems come when you make the pages unspiderable with lots of dynamic query strings in the URL. have a look at the stuff here http://www.highranki...hp?showforum=25 and all your questions will be answered.

[Ziggy]

I had also read (forgot the source) that php pages rank higher than html pages. Is this true? Is there a difference when it comes down to ranking php and html?
Thanks
Ziggy

[linux_lover]

nah its myths...

They would only rank higher is the content within the pages was superior (dynamic content might help there).

There are certainly many advantages to using php, I dont know how I could live without it now (or some dynamic language anyway).

[Jill]

I had also read (forgot the source) that php pages rank higher than html pages. Is this true? Is there a difference when it comes down to ranking php and html?
Thanks
Ziggy

It really doesn't make sense for the search engines to give any particular format or file type, preference over another. Therefore, I'd conclude that they treat them all the same. All evidence I've seen also seems to point to that, and the search engineers themselves have also said that file type doesn't factor into the algorithm.

[Ziggy]

Hi Linux,
I actually do have dynamic content on the site some rss feeds. I have some other websites that I added some code in the .htaccess file to run php code on html pages so they also have rss feeds with html extension, but what you said kinda sounded like a php page with dynamic content would rank higher that an html page with dynamic content, correct me if I'm wrong.
Thanks
Ziggy

[Randy]

Dynamic content in and of itself will not help you to rank better. As Jill said, the file extension makes no difference. If you wanted to, and had enough control over your server environment, you could even have files names with something like index.google and have them be processed as php, html or asp files.

From everything I've seen and the testing I've done, there is no advantage or disadvantage to the file extensions for ranking purposes.

Where dynamic content can make a difference is how often the spiders will visit a page.

Again the file extension has little or no bearing best I can tell, since those can be changed. However if the search engine spiders detect that the content changes often, this can trigger more frequent spider visits. Like what you see with the various News sites out there where the content is updated constantly.

Frequent spidering does not affect rank as we normally think about it though. The only time this has any bearing is when some hot topic comes up. If your page gets spidered more often it may rank well right off the bat because the spider has already visited and indexed your page. Generally speaking though, those are for very specific search terms that are not highly competitive. So it's a short-term effect.

[zettwalls]

I guess google make no difference betwen html and php at this moment. So you don't have to worry abut that at all!