SEO Tycoon

**MarcusWrite** · 07-14-2010, 12:25 PM

You can use .html, .htm, .asp, .php, etc as your URL file extension.
I wanted to ask if search engines prefer one of these over others.
Thanks in advance !

**zomex** · 07-14-2010, 12:49 PM

This certainly won't have any affect on your rankings.

Regards,
Jack

**Bennie** · 07-14-2010, 12:59 PM

All of these extensions are search engine friendly but i usually prefer domainname/category/title.

**zomex** · 07-14-2010, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Bennie

All of these extensions are search engine friendly but i usually prefer domainname/category/title.

He's talking about the file extension not URL structure

Jack

**Bennie** · 07-14-2010, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zomex

He's talking about the file extension not URL structure

Jack

Ahh.. did you read it properly.. Thanks

**chrishirst** · 07-14-2010, 01:31 PM

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You can use .html, .htm, .asp, .php, etc as your URL file extension.

Don't forget .cfm, .py, .pl, .shtml, .shtm, .aspx, .phtml

And they are all the same to SEs.

**Social-Media** · 07-14-2010, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarcusWrite

You can use .html, .htm, .asp, .php, etc as your URL file extension.
I wanted to ask if search engines prefer one of these over others.
Thanks in advance !

Search engines could care less about the file extension... However after working with several Content Management Systems (CMS) I've grown very fond of having NO extensions and all URLs ending in / like http://www.example.com/somepage/somesubpage/.

**Enfew** · 07-15-2010, 12:37 AM

I dont think it will effect your seo, but the content would effect though.
and make sure you dont make the duplicate links....

**williamkmohr** · 07-16-2010, 07:53 AM

all search engines including google accept all types of extension.