PHP Ranking Issues with question marks in domain name

[MatthewBOnline]

Hi,

I do not see any complicated php coding in the URLs in Google Search Results.

Is everyone doing a MOD Rewrite?

I heard that complicated URL’s are not favoured by Google’s Search Engine.

Currently I mainly work with .htm pages only. What is the situation and best practice with using PHP pages?

I will be converting many pages to PHP in the near future. What is the best practice in terms of search engines?

Thanks,

Matt.

[jeffreylees]

I suggest you read a little bit on the subject, there’s some pretty interesting material out there.

This one isn’t bad: https://moz.com/blog/should-i-change-my-urls-for-seo

I heard that complicated URL’s are not favoured by Google’s Search Engine.

I think that URL structure matters far more for click-through than SEO - but the ability to contain keywords in a URL properly isn’t to be ignored either.

Is everyone doing a MOD Rewrite?

Basically, yes.

Currently I mainly work with .htm pages only. What is the situation and best practice with using PHP pages?

I will be converting many pages to PHP in the near future. What is the best practice in terms of search engines?

I think that most people are using some form of “pretty url” anymore. http://example.com/my-page-name or the like. Whether you do the same is up to you - I’d read up on the advantages and see if you think it’s worth the time.

Obviously, when the user is in-application, you may end up using the URL for something more complicated - but for just the regular page URLs, there doesn’t seem to be a reason anymore to make it particularly complicated in many cases.