Do the search engines give any weight to html over php since php is dynamic? I see conflicting reports...

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No, everything is delivered to the browser in plain old html so there's no difference at all.

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there is some theory that pages that end in .html are weighted differently than those with .php - I dont really think it matetrs all that much.. what does matter is content -- static HTML pages are not looked on as highly as ever changing CONTEXTUAL-PERTINANT content

I'm pretty sure that the algorithm they have for determining how often your content updates and how often they should crawl is a lot more complicated than checking the file extension of a page. If that were the case, you could just place your static content on pages with the .php extension because the server will output static html on php files anyway. This is google...they're bread and butter is having the most advanced algorithms/logic, so I doubt it would make a difference.

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SE are more sensible on Query strings of dynamic pages.

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Id have to agree with that. There's got to be something to the fact that when SE are comparing a site thats Dynamic vs Static...smart money would be on a site that is Dynamic. The simple fact that SE will visit a site more often that updates regularly vs rarely should make a webmaster consider this idea.

Usually when I post to my blog I can find the article on g within hours...Blogs are Dynamic...think about that...

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Your observation is related to your content... not the matter in which it's delivered. Rewrite your .php extension to .htm and you'll see exactly the same thing.

Again, no SE benefit to the delivery model. PHP, ASP, .NET, CF or plain old html

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VRI - When you post, you should at least mention who your referring to when you say "Your observation is related to your content". In my comment I never compared PHP vs HTML...so I'm slightly off subject. However...I stand by my own observation above with Dynamic vs Static web sites. Web 2.0 is here to stay my friend.

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Well, it was referring to your post... and stand by what you will, the page extension/delivery model has no bearing on search engine spidering or results (which was the original question and what it appeared that you were replying to).

You could write a blog in plain old html... and it would be spidered exactly as a similar blog would in a dynamic scripting language. It would take you a whole lot more effort but in the end the search engines would treat both the same.

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VRI - thanks for at least verifying who you were referring to. When I refer to Static...I'm talking about your basic run of the mill AA, i-house, P2, homes.com...I don't care...just pick one. They are mostly static by nature.

Dynamic websites...and here I used blogs as an example. Dynamic websites clearly have an advantage. If you really think that they old static websites of the past have an advantage over Dynamic (web 2.0 sites)...I don't know how to help you on that one. Here is a classic example of two minds with two different opinions. Then again, now that you understand, maybe you agree...something tells me you'll find a way not to...lol

I merely went off topic with Dynamic vs Static discussion. I haven't even touched on your PhP vs html extension discussion. Do I dare....lol

I will say this though...whether a site is dynamic or static...if the content is updated regularly g has the tendency to crawl that site more often. That's common knowledge. If you create a site and maybe update it once every couple of months vs someone that updates it...say every other day...that site will be crawled much more often. In the last ten years of creating websites...thats a known fact.

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