I know that there is probably no definitive answer, but
does it matter in search engine optimization whether you use PHP or ASP for your CMS.

Look forward to hearing your ideas.

It's completly irrelevant.

As gopher said, it wont matter.

Simple answer is because all the ASP or PHP bits are only ever on the server - all your clients/spiders/search engines ever see is HTML generated by your server side code (i.e. the ASP, PHP, CGI, Python, Ruby, or whatever else you want to use)

Always PHP

TCO = zero

Doesnt matter, you just need good quality links, you could change your pages to .php in the .htaccess

Window's servers are a lot more money and less stable.

unless you're in a corporate environment, i'd stay away from asp...

php is way more powerful anyway.

Uh, I wouldn't agree with PHP being more powerful, feature-wise ASP beats out PHP any time, you can do tons more with ASP.

But for most web stuff PHP will do.

Originally Posted by gopher

Uh, I wouldn't agree with PHP being more powerful, feature-wise ASP beats out PHP any time, you can do tons more with ASP.

But for most web stuff PHP will do.

I'm a avid PHP'er, but I would have to agree with this. You cannot beat the .Net framework.

Originally Posted by briansol

Window's servers are a lot more money and less stable.

unless you're in a corporate environment, i'd stay away from asp...

php is way more powerful anyway.

That is not necessarily true. Although Window's Servers are going to be more expensive to license, total hours involved in admistrating them (depending upon the application) can really vary..

I would go for ASPX. No interpreting overhead, powerful development environment. A lot of free code around. And you can do many .htaccess type tricks too.

Have you heard of Ruby on Rails?
I'm php/.net developer slowly switching to Rails.

Yep, ASP.NET is the way to go.

Originally Posted by gopher

Uh, I wouldn't agree with PHP being more powerful, feature-wise ASP beats out PHP any time, you can do tons more with ASP.

But for most web stuff PHP will do.

I code ASP for a living.
I code php for my personal stuff/sites.

there is NO way asp > php. hands down.

Originally Posted by SophMedia

I'm a avid PHP'er, but I would have to agree with this. You cannot beat the .Net framework.

sure, if you don't like having any control over your output code and still think ie6 is the best thing ever made....